Chapter 106: Shelling of the Pirates

"Bang, bang, bang......"

Fires are flashing on the beach.

The lead balls in the roaring night sky fell on the surface of the sea, setting off columns of water.

"Damn, Akito is on guard." Muhanvili was so angry that he threw the telescope directly on the deck.

Of course, the Ming people were on guard, and everything was given by Muhamvili.

It was indeed a good idea for Muhanvili to sneak up on the Ming army at night.

But the pirates are too greedy.

They even thought that they would eat the Ming army's water town and land town in one bite.

According to the information from the ghost scouts, the Ming army has a scale of 500 people.

If you want to exterminate the 500 Ming troops on land, you will lose a lot of people.

So, Wushi hit the idea of the nearby pirate forces.

But the nearby pirates are not stupid, and they also know the plans of the Black Flag Gang secretly during this time.

Many of the pirate leaders had secret ties to the Ming people.

Soon, the news of Wushi's recruitment of eight hundred pirates reached Xiao Wu's ears.

Knowing that the pirates were going to attack the Ming army at night, then they would inevitably break with the Ming army completely, and the sailors would inevitably have to be on guard.

Xiao Wu also hurriedly informed Liu Yu, and this was the previous scene.

"I just said these pirates can't make it." On the sea in the distance, Xu Bin shook his head and said coldly on the upstairs of a lucky ship.

Near the mouth of the sea, where they had long since left, even a few bands of pirates who had followed them withdrew.

The whole sea near the mouth of the sea was filled with oil,

Flames burned on the sea, and many arsonist boats were ignited.

Terrible screams echoed through the nearby sea.

"Quickly retreat," a few large three-masted ships, trying to take advantage of the chaos.

But a buckshot hit the string of the ship, directly punching a hole.

The artillery of the Ming army in Huben Town was erected on the beach, and at this time, the pirate ship illuminated by the sea fire like daylight became the target of the Ming army's artillery.

The six-pounder cannon and the nine-pounder cannon under the command of Huben Town are all powerful.

These cannons, although they are far less powerful than the red-coat cannons.

But the victory is in the artillery commander, who can fight four or five miles away, of course, if he really fights so far, only God knows.

The last time the Spanish artillery team used the Saiko cannon to shoot more than two miles and finally killed a red-coated cannon, it was pure God's joke.

The six-pounder guns sold by the East India Company to the Ming army, Liu Yu began to feel at a loss, but then looked at the artillery and thought that it didn't seem to be a loss.

These six-pounder guns, although the shells were lighter than those of the nine-pounder Saiko.

However, the barrel of the cannon is much longer than the nine-pounder gun, and its effective range is more than twice that of the Saiko cannon.

The exquisite craftsmanship of Western artillery manufacturing and the training of Spanish artillery,

This, coupled with the soft, moist sand, absorbs most of the recoil.

The accuracy of the Ming artillery was significantly higher.

In just one volley, several large three-masted ships were hit.

But the artillery shells of Huben Town were too light to sink these three-masted ships.

Fortunately, the artillery was aimed at the nearby arson boats.

Although the arson boat was much smaller than the three-masted boat, one was more than ten meters long.

The most terrifying thing is that these arson ships are piled up with barrels of black powder and oil.

Every time it hits, it often induces a martyrdom.

One after another, the clippers that were engulfed in flames crashed into the three-masted ship on the side.

A series of fires were triggered, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

"Good, kill." Xiao Wu let out a loud shout, drew his long sword and pointed straight ahead.

More than 20 arsonist ships, large and small, rushed towards the group of pirate ships ahead.

The three-masted ship in the outermost part was not in the range of the artillery, and it was far away from the arsonist ship, and it wanted to escape from the battlefield but found that many clippers had inexplicably appeared not far away.

Like sharks smelling of blood, these arsonists swam beside the three-masted boats.

The naval battle continued, and the battle of the Ming army camp was over.

More than 800 pirates were wiped out.

In addition to more than 200 prisoners, more than 500 corpses fell on the ground.

Many pirates lay on the sand, wailing one after another.

The Ming army picked up corpses everywhere, and when they saw that they had not yet lost their breath, they made up for it.

In this battle, the Ming army lost more than 150 people, more than 200 were wounded, and more than 20 Ming gunners were also killed or wounded.

For the Ming army, this was a battle, and it could be regarded as a pyrrhic victory.

The Ming army did not expect that these pirates would be so fierce.

Huben witnessed the whole battle in the jungle as a reserve.

Most of the soldiers in Huben Town had never fought the pirates head-on.

The ferocious combat power displayed by the pirates made many veterans of Huben Town who had experienced the Blood Sea Corpse Mountain a little moved.

If it weren't for the sudden attack, fire attack and archery, the pirates would have lost one or two hundred people at the beginning, resulting in a great loss of pirates' strength, otherwise the Ming army would not have annihilated the pirates in such a short time.

The strength of the soldiers of Xiaoyong Town also shocked every soldier of Huben Town present.

At the beginning, when Liu Yu formed Xiaoyong Town, the soldiers of the Ming army looked down on these people in their hearts.

Although the language is not understood, they also speak viciously to each other on weekdays, and conflicts also occur from time to time.

But this time in the night battle, the combat power of the soldiers shocked the Ming soldiers present.

If the soldiers of Huben Town who were present were allowed to fight, the Ming army might not be able to play such a record.

Although the Ming army was not afraid of death, it was afraid of casualties, and like the Spaniards, one died less than one, so it may be timid to fight.

But the soldiers are different, this is Luzon, and the most important thing is to give birth.

This is also the reason why he is not afraid of death and rushes to the death.

Just fold a few soldiers and continue to pull people from the tribe, and the most important thing is to gain Liu Yu's trust.

"Your Excellency, more than 500 enemies were killed in this battle, and this is the first sight of pirates." He respectfully knelt in front of Liu Yu and presented the head of Wushi.

Liu Yu also had the impression that the last time Mingcheng formed an alliance with the pirates, the person who stood next to Li Tianyou of the Black Flag Gang to protect him did not expect to be one of the leaders of the Black Flag Gang.

"The town is mighty, and the order is to go down, and the families of the war dead will be given a pension of 50 taels of silver, and the rest of the officers and soldiers of the town will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver."

As the Han soldiers translated, the whole town erupted in cheers.

"Da Ming is mighty,"

"Your Excellency is mighty."

In the early morning, when cheers erupted from the Ming army's position, a naval battle broke out in the nearby sea.

Last night's battle sank nearly eighty ships in the sea near the mouth of the Lawag River.

This made Muhanvili furious, his plan should have worked, who would have thought that Wushi would choose veterans from other pirate forces, so that the plan was exposed.

He was eager to cut down the black stone with a knife, and his subordinates came to report.

The 800 pirates led by Ushi were wiped out under the city of Laoag.

This bad news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and even Li Tianyou was shocked.

"Okay, good, good," Li Tianyou stood up suddenly,

"Count you ruthless!" Li Tianyou gritted his teeth, the entire 800 brothers, all veterans who licked blood on the knife edge for a living, were all wiped out.

Especially Wushi's death, which broke one of his arms and made his forehead bruise.

"Pass the order, all ships, whether they are Black Flag brothers or not, as long as they are mixed in this sea area, give them to me, and kill these Ming people." Li Tianyou drank heavily.

"The Ming people must be prepared, and so many forces, large and small, may not obey us, so let's withdraw first." Muhanvili frowned and persuaded.

"Shut up, if you dare to bewitch the crowd again, I will kill you to sacrifice the flag."

Muhanvili did not dissuade him again, but looked at Li Tianyou in front of him coldly.