Chapter 68: The Siege

"Li Tianyou, this guy is also a hero on the sea." When Xiao Wu saw Li Tianyou's main ship escape from the layers of Franc robots, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Xiao Wu and Li Tianyou had an inevitable conflict, Xiao Wu didn't want Li Tianyou to be killed at this time, after all, if it weren't for the Black Flag Gang gathering all the pirates off the coast of Luzon with their own influence, he would not have the possibility of shaking the Spaniards' sea power at all.

Seeing that Li Tianyou's flagship escaped unharmed, not only Xiao Wu, but also the ships of the major pirate forces that were hiding in the nearby waters also surrounded him.

As the sun sets, the sound of artillery on the sea gradually subsides......

The battle of the sea, which broke out off the coast of Rawa Wai, has finally come to an end.

The Luzon pirates' coalition was finally defeated under the shelling of Spanish warships.

In this war, the pirates lost more than 80 large and small ships, and suffered more than 2,000 casualties.

The Spaniards, on the other hand, lost one second-class warship, one third-class warship, and five armed merchant ships, and lost more than 200 people.

It was a pyrrhic victory for the Spaniards.

Two of the main battleships were sunk, and the rest were also damaged,

And the death of the commander of the fleet, Skoll, cast a shadow over the victory of this naval battle.

Due to the fact that the flagship of the fleet commander Scol was hit and killed, the entire Spanish fleet was in a panic for a while, which gave the pirates a chance to escape.

By the time General Terry reacted, most of the pirates had already fled the Spanish fleet.

In desperation, Terry had no choice but to return to the port of Laoag with the fleet.

For both sides, this naval battle was undoubtedly a nightmare.

The Luzon pirates, who had been besieged and pursued by the Spaniards for hundreds of years at sea, finally relented and united to kill Lasag.

Unexpectedly, he suffered a fiasco like the big pirate Lin Feng's attack on Manila.

And for the Spaniards, the victory was so bitter.

The loss of several capital ships, combined with the death of a fleet commander, sent the entire city of Laoag into a panic.

As early as when Skoll led the Spanish Navy to attack the pirates, the pirates had already landed in Lasag.

These pirates are not idle,

When this tragic naval battle broke out in the waters of Laoag, pirates who had been licking blood on the edges of knives for many years rushed towards the city of Laoag with spears and firearms.

Without the cover of the pirate ships, the pirates who rushed ashore first had to rely on the broadswords and firearms they were holding, and the small cannons that were unloaded from the clippers.

For the impregnable city of Rawa City, it's simply not enough to see.

Despite their ferocity, the pirates were defeated by the Spaniards' dense gun-splitting tactics and precise artillery.

When the Spanish Navy returned, the pirates who had stayed on the shore finally collapsed.

After dropping hundreds of corpses, the pirates fled along the Laoag River.

The Spanish colonists defending the city of Laoag paid only 21 casualties.

In this defensive battle on land, the Spanish colonial army performed much better than the navy.

But the victory in the land battle did not hide the devastating effects of the Spanish navy's massive damage.

Due to the heavy casualties of the Spanish navy and the small number of colonial troops guarding Laoag, the Spanish consul of Laoag did not order the pursuit of the fleeing pirates.

This gave the pirates plenty of respite.

For a time, there was a delicate balance on the surface of the Lawag Sea.

Instead of chasing the fleeing pirates, the Spaniards retreated into the city of Laoag.

The majestic fleet also quietly sailed into the port of Laoag, and no longer took the initiative to attack.

With this precious opportunity, Xiao Wu and Li Tianyou hurriedly gathered the major pirate forces that had fled.

and built a walled city on the impact plain near the mouth of the Lawag River.

Admiral Terry, who took over the command of the fleet, no longer dared to send out the precious Spanish Navy to encircle and suppress pirates,

The pirates entrenched near the mouth of the Laoag River were temporarily unable to attack Laoag City due to a great loss of strength.

"This Spaniard is like the king and cowering in the city of Laoag." On the main ship of the Black Flag Gang, Li Tianyou was yelling at many pirate leaders.

In the mutual artillery battle with Skoll's flagship, Li Tianyou's main ship was also directly hit by several heavy artillery shots.

But apart from the destruction of one mast, there was no significant damage.

And the ship under his feet has also become Li Tianyou's capital to show off.

After all, a single cannon shot sent Skoll's flagship to the bottom of the sea along with hundreds of Spanish sailors.

Over the past 100 years, a few more people have done it in Nanyang.

"Gang Leader Li, Lord Xiao," a pirate leader arched his hand at the two,

"Boss Li is a lucky person, and in the face of the red-haired ghost encirclement, he was able to defeat the main ship of the red-haired ghost leader with one enemy and two, and the brothers present all admired it."

"But we have been besieging Laoag for half a month, and the red-haired ghost has been closed in the past half a month, and no merchant ships have even come out of this port again, and our gang has a large number of islands to support and provide fresh water and food, but it is not a way in the long run."

Speaking of which, the pirate leaders present all looked embarrassed.

After such a war, the Luzon Sea was almost cut off from merchant trade.

This made the pirates who had been raiding the sea for a living suddenly lose a way to make a fortune.

At the same time, Laoag was under the strict defense of the Spanish colonial army, and the pirates were also untouched.

"In the past half a month, presumably the red-haired ghosts in Laoag City have already asked for help from Manila, if the reinforcements on the way of the red-haired ghosts have arrived," Speaking of this, more than a dozen pirate leaders have stared at Li Tianyou, the leader of the Black Flag Gang.

This is obviously to let Li Tianyou have an idea.

After all, a long siege of Laoag was simply unrealistic for pirates.

Although the major pirate forces have a large number of islands, they can obtain various resources to support the siege.

But the long hours of transportation and the pirates' eating, drinking, and lazing are also a drain on their own strength.

The reason why these pirates were instigated by Li Tianyou was because of the rumors that Laoag was full of gold.

After all, as the largest seaport trading city in northern Luzon, Laoag naturally had great wealth.

But now they can see it, but they can't attack it, and they are spending it in vain under the city of Laoag.

This was worse for the pirates than killing them.

Li Tianyou also made a difficulty, if you say that you are besieging Laoag, this is also a thing that there is no way to do.

After the last great war, the pirates have long since lost their vitality.

It was not so much that the pirates were besieging the city of Laoag, but that the pirates were refusing to leave the city after looking at the city's gold and silver treasures.

In the past half a month, Li Tianyou has also made several tentative attacks, but they have all been repelled by the artillery of the red-haired ghost.

Looking at the increasingly restless group of pirates below, Li Tianyou was also embarrassed.