Autumn of the first year of the new year, Luzon.

Puerto Princess is a small port in southern Luzon, neither the sea route, but also not a military place, the population is not more than 10,000 people, only some passenger ships from the adjacent islands dock here on weekdays, these days, but suddenly prosperous, since half a month ago, there began to be a large number of merchant ships to dock here, the maritime merchants of the South Seas countries have landed one after another with frowns, so that the wharf that has been in disrepair for a long time is overwhelmed all of a sudden, and there are many collapses.

For no other reason, there have been countless news of pirate attacks on merchant ships on the routes of the bustling wharves in the South Seas, this group of pirates is well-organized, there are many ships, the main ship is actually a Western warship with hundreds of Francophone cannons, the murderous pirates are even more crazy than the small group of pirates in the past, they hijacked the merchant ships and not only robbed the ship's cargo, but also took all the crew and sailors on board to the deck to behead one by one, and then threw the corpses into the sea, it is rumored that a sea area leading to the port of Luzon Olas was stained with blood, The whole day was filled with blood.

Of course, this is impossible, the sea is so vast and vast that even if thousands of corpses are thrown into the sea at once, it is impossible to stain the sea red, but the maritime merchants who come and go use false rumors, coupled with their own fear of pirates, make the description of this group of pirates more and more terrifying.

In order to avoid pirates, many maritime merchants chose new shipping routes, which led to the abandonment of some large ports, and the sudden arrival of countless ships in some small ports that were previously unknown.

Puerto Princesa is safe, far from the western waters of Luzon, where pirates are active, and although the docks are in disrepair, and the goods arrive in Luzon at the expense of transporting them to the surrounding big cities for sale, safety is now the most important thing for maritime merchants.

On the wharf, several pilots wearing Luzon uniforms are holding small flags, constantly directing the docking of ships, and several lazy soldiers are hiding in the shade of the cargo box with spears in their hands, as the maritime merchants say, this place is too safe, since the founding of Luzon there have been no pirates here at all, who would be interested in fighting a poor and broken small port idea? The soldiers who were ordered to patrol were only receiving some money to prevent the whole family from starving to death, and other so-called so-called going into battle to kill the enemy and strictly guard against pirates were basically fanciful.

It's just that in the past few days, the officials have been urging tightly, and they have posted official documents everywhere to strictly prevent pirates, so that these soldiers who have not even held knives and guns a few times will go to the vicinity of the dock to stand by for inspection, so that many soldiers are full of complaints, there have been no pirates on this water for hundreds of years, damn it, guard against ghosts!

Merchants and soldiers were mistaken, it used to be very safe, because the pirates did not bother to patronize this place, but now it is different, hundreds of merchant ships are moored on the shore, the goods are piled up as high as a hill, hundreds of merchants have puffed money bags pinned to their waists, and they are guarded by a hundred soldiers who have never been in battle, an earthen cannon that was obsolete two hundred years ago, and a patrol ship that is a little bigger than a fishing boat.

When the pirates came, the first thing to swim was a Western warship with three masts and five sails of more than 50 zhang, and then there were seven or eight large warships with three sails of more than 20 zhang, and there was no flag at the mast, silently approaching the coastline.

On the bow of the Western warship, two figures leaned on the side to look out, one of them held a nautical chart, and the other looked at the pier in the distance with a Western monoscope, and the person holding the nautical chart pointed to the position and said: "Commander Zhang, this is Princess Harbor, our sailors only need to open fire, and the rest of the things will be carried out by Commander Lao Zhang to land in a small boat." ”

"There are four large merchant ships, twenty-three medium ships, and countless small ships. Commander Liu, it seems that what you expected is not bad, these damn merchant ships are all hiding here, no wonder we haven't seen merchant ships in Linjiayan Bay for so long, you are the commander of the sailors, I don't understand this sea matter very well, you come to decide, I Zhang Youde listen to you. "The one holding the Western monocular tube is none other than Zhang Youde, the commander of the Shenyong Battalion, who led the battalion to go to sea with the sailors, pretending to be a thief, and the first target he chose was Luzon, for no other reason, because this is the island terrain and the sea trade is prosperous. The island was occupied by the Franciscans (the Spaniards established their rule in 1571 in Manila, Luzon, now the Philippine archipelago). Even if there is a large-scale piracy, there will be no other countries in the South Seas to come and encircle and suppress it.

And the rule of the Spaniards Luzon is not monolithic, their main warship is only seven, they need to guard thousands of miles of coastline and hundreds of ports, coupled with the domestic rebellion is like a cow, the governor of Luzon has no intention of exterminating pirates, and the Ming sailors disguised as pirates are even more unscrupulous, from attacking merchant ships on the sea route, to directly ambushing cargo ships in and out of the port to hijack cargo ships entering and leaving the port, until now, the idea of the harbor has been raised.

"There is no problem at all to deal with this small port, the important thing is not to let the people on the dock flee back to the inland, the emperor has instructed, except for the Han people to load ships and transport back the clay tiles, after each battle, be sure to wipe out all the merchants and sailors, in addition, the merchants on the land have a large amount of gold and silver cash on their bodies, it is a pity if they are allowed to escape." Liu Er's bronzed skin faced the rising sun, coldly holding the hilt of the knife at his waist, and every word came out of his mouth with infinite murderous intent.

In the past, Liu Er was originally just the helmsman of the pirate ship, since he was promoted to the commander by Zhu Jun, he trained in the valley for two whole months, and then he was ordered to sail to sea, intercepting more than 30 merchant ships, and the crew and sailors killed were countless.

"Kill!" The first time he killed someone, Liu Er couldn't bear it, he mustered up his courage, and then shouted out the order with all his might, accompanied by a bloody bloody arrow, dozens of heads fell to the ground, and then the body was thrown into the sea, and the human head was hung on the highest mast of the ship, when the long knife crossed the air against the sea breeze, Liu Er felt his heart shrink, and his brain was buzzing.

With the first time, there was a second time, and the sailors were mostly composed of pirates, and after two months of training to make them docile, the violence in their breasts broke out again, and the experience of blood and fire made them ghosts adrift in the sea, and every ship that encountered them would suffer doom.

Zhang Youde held the side of the boat and said worriedly: "Then what should I do?" If we had attacked, the men on the docks would have fled inland, and by the time we had landed in pursuit, it would have been too late. ”

The corners of Liu Er's mouth were already smiling, and his calloused hand patted Zhang Youde's upper arm and said: "Commander Zhang has been overly worried, in fact, he has quietly let a warship part ways with us two hours ago, they will land on the beach ten miles away, and then outflank from behind, these people can't hide." ”

Zhang Youde picked up the one-eyed tube and looked at the warships around him, and lowered his arm as if relieved: "Sure enough, a boat was gone, if it wasn't for Commander Liu's reminder, Zhang didn't know, even so, I will go and notify thousands of households, hundreds of households, and flag officials, so that they can get ready to land." ”

Zhang Youde handed over the monocular tube to Liu Second-hand, turned around and went into the warehouse.

Liu Er had already summoned the herald beside him and said: "Order the fleet to lower the auxiliary sails, sail at a low speed, the gunners load gunpowder, and all the small ships are placed on the deck, ready for the brothers of the Shenyong Battalion to log in." The rest of the sailors were all on standby, ready to be dispatched. ”

"Yes!" The herald hugged his fists at Liu Er, saluted a very standard Ming Dynasty military salute, and ran towards the high place with a clatter.

"The commander of the sailors gave an order: all the ships of the fleet lowered their sails and sailed at a low speed, the gunners loaded with gunpowder, and all the small ships were placed on deck, ready for the brothers of the Divine Battalion to land. The rest of the sailors were all on standby, waiting for the command to be dispatched by the Lord. ”

"Woo woo woo ......" As the command sounded, the sound of the conch used to transmit the message sounded in a low voice, and the flag bearer standing higher had waved the command flag back and forth, transmitting the order to the warships around him.........

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The first time I wrote about naval warfare, I was a little rusty, and I've been checking the information lately, so please forgive me.