"What's going on again?" Yu Zhigao was still very calm, because he still felt that he was sure to win this time.

"We're missing the pirate team from land."

"What?" Yu Zhigao was taken aback. "How is this possible? Did we hear their cannons and shouts? It's only been a quarter of an hour, how can it be that it disappeared all at once? ”

"This, the villain doesn't know. The villain only knows that from both sides of our strait, he can't see one of us. And the enemy is approaching us from both sides with a large number of people pushing artillery. If we don't retreat, I'm afraid it won't be long before they all sink here. ”

Yu Zhigao was in a hurry. "So, what about Liang Shihu? I told him to bring a convoy of warships from the west to join here. What about his warship? ”

"The villain doesn't know, so far I haven't seen any trace of Liang Qian's fleet."

"My lord, if not, let's withdraw first!" Liu Hongsheng stood behind Yu Zhigao and said softly.

"No, wait. The order was given to all the warships, with all their guns at full capacity, to fire at the mobile artillery on both sides. Hongsheng, you take a thousand men and divide them into two squads, and land to block the pirate gunners on both sides. Remember, the point is to eliminate their gunners. As long as we can hold out until Shihu and the land teams on both sides arrive, then we will win. ”

Liu Hongsheng agreed and went down.

Yu Zhigao stood on the deck of his battleship, watching Liu Hongsheng hurriedly lead the team to land. On both sides of the strait, there were hundreds of mobile artillery pieces of pirates, which were carried by men, and some were put on carts and pushed by men. Liu Hongsheng personally led 600 men to the south bank and pounced on the pirates' artillery team.

The distance between the two sides is very close, but it is only tens of zhang away. At this moment, a tall, bearded man suddenly stood out from behind the artillery team.

As soon as the big man stood up, he shouted at Liu Hongsheng. "Boy, I've finally been looking forward to you. Lao Tzu endured it for so many days, and he was finally able to fight happily. Don't let me down! ”

After the big man finished speaking, hundreds of firearms suddenly appeared from behind him. Liu Hongsheng secretly screamed that it was not good, and was about to tell his subordinates to retreat, but it was too late. None of them thought that the weapons and equipment of this pirate would be so sophisticated, even far beyond the ordinary regular army of the Ming Dynasty. Especially the large number of their firearms, Liu Hongsheng really can't imagine it.

At this moment, he suddenly understood that this time they had fallen into the calculations of the pirates, not that the pirates had been cornered by them. All the advantages they had seen before were only illusions.

After a flurry of firing guns, his army of six hundred men was already crushed, and more than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded. Listening to the orderly explosion, Liu Hongsheng knew that the enemy was using the most powerful weapon equipped in the Ming Army's Shenji Battalion, the Three-Eyed Firecracker.

"Get out of here, get on board." Liu Hongsheng shouted. In fact, there was no need for him to call at all, his men had already fled to the ship before him.

Liu Hongsheng, under the protection of several personal soldiers, retreated to the ship.

Yu Zhigao, who was standing on his main ship and watching this scene from a distance, suddenly felt a chill rise in his heart. It wasn't until this point that he really understood. Where are these Xu Group ordinary pirates, they are simply a well-equipped army. They are not the rabble they originally imagined, but a lean army that can compete with any army. He even thinks that even if the Jurchen Iron Cavalry, who is known as invincible in the world, really wants to fight against this group, he may not be able to win.

Thinking of this, the chill in Yu Zhigao's heart became even stronger. I blame myself for believing too much before, and the enemy is too good at showing weakness and camouflage. At this time, he no longer has the same high spirits as before. At this moment, he just wanted to leave here as soon as possible and return to his Fujian General Military Mansion.

"Withdraw, withdraw." Yu Zhigao personally waved the order flag.

However, because the waterway was too narrow, their ships were lined up. In such a formation, if you want to retreat, you can only go one by one. However, the artillery on both sides of the strait did not let them go. Dense shells rained down on their ships. Yu Zhigao only felt that his ship was shaking, but not a single cannonball fell on his boat.

At first, he thought that the pirates had deliberately not attacked his main ship out of the same idea as he had the other day, but he immediately realized how naïve his idea was. The pirate's artillery did not hit not only his main ship, but most of his ships, but only the three ships at the front.

After a round of heavy attacks, the three leading ships were completely crushed and could no longer move. The retreating waterway was naturally blocked, and the waterway ahead was blocked by the burning fireboats.

When the officers and men saw that the waterway was blocked, they were all thrown into a mess.

Without waiting for Yu Zhigao's orders, they had already abandoned ship and landed on the shore, ready to flee for their lives.

At this time, the pirates on both sides of the strait suddenly shouted loudly, "Those who lay down their arms can live; Those who resist to the end will be killed. ”

When the officers and soldiers who had just fled to the shore saw that there were pirates all around, many of them threw down their weapons and surrendered to the pirates.

Yu Zhigao fled along the waterway with more than 100 personal soldiers, and they also left two No. 3 fortune boats ten miles away. These two boats, Yu Zhigao, originally let them explore the surrounding situation here at any time, but they didn't expect that at this time, they became their only way to escape.

I don't know if it was too chaotic, or if the pirates didn't notice him at all. In short, Yu Zhigao's 100 men escaped smoothly, and they soon broke out of the pirate encirclement and came ten miles away.

On the water, their two No. 3 fortune boats were still lying there quietly, and the fierce battle ahead seemed to have nothing to do with them. When Yu Shigao saw the boat, he finally felt a little relieved.

"Let's go, get on board." Yu Zhigao waved his arms and was about to board the boat, but was stopped by a thousand general manager behind him.

"Adults can't. There is only fear of deception. ”

Yu Zhigao glanced at his subordinates behind him, "You mean there is fraud on this ship?" How I didn't see it. This is our own ship. Xiao Minghui, were you scared of pirates? ”

Xiao Minghui shook his head, "My lord, please think, let's fight fiercely ahead, and the roar of artillery can be heard within a radius of dozens of miles." According to common sense, these two ships either went to support us, or turned around and ran away in fear. How can I still stay here? Besides, isn't it all abnormal that you, the chief soldier, are here, and no one comes out of the boat to greet them? ”

When Yu Zhigao heard this, he was a little skeptical.

Just then, a voice came from the ship, "Who said there was no one to greet you?" ”

Then a young man in a Confucian shirt came out of the cabin.

Yu Zhigao was taken aback when he saw the figure from a distance. Isn't this Yu Ren, who sank his main ship in the East China Sea? Not only did he not die, but he was here.

But when this Yu Ren took a few steps closer to him, Yu Zhigao was even more surprised. Because this Yu Ren is clearly not an outsider, it is his cousin.

"Ren'er, why are you?" Yu Zhigao's mind was a little confused.

"Greetings to my uncle." Yu Ren said, and gave Yu Zhigao a distant salute.

"W-what the hell is going on?" At this time, Yu Zhigao only felt that his brain was not enough.

Yu Ren still stood still and did not answer his second uncle's words.

"My lord, why don't you understand, this cousin of yours is the pirate head Yu Ren. Not only do the two have the same name, but they are also the same person.

Adults, let's go! Otherwise, we won't be able to leave. After speaking, Xiao Minghui picked up Yu Shigao and wanted to escape.

But as soon as they turned around, they saw nearly a thousand pirates rushing out of the dense forest around them. Each of these men had firearms in their hands and pointed them at them.

"Second Uncle goes back at this time, I'm afraid it's not appropriate! You were ordered to come out and suppress the bandits. Now you have lost hundreds of warships and 5,000 sailors. If you go back like this, will the court still not punish you? ”

When Yu Zhigao heard this, he trembled. This was what he was most worried about, just because Fang had been running for his life and hadn't bothered to think about it.