Chapter 177: Thousands of Troops and Horses (Three Watches)
It was a large sailing ship, with holes in the sails, broken masts, and a lot of scorched and broken hulls.
I don't know if it ran aground, or if the ship was broken, or if the people on board were killed, the big ship stayed next to the nameless island and didn't move.
"A large battle-damaged version of a merchant ship......
Luo Yin frowned and pondered.
Captain Gray spoke:
"It doesn't seem to be the style of our kingdom to look at the ship...... But I can't tell which country it is."
Everyone was a little cautious, after all, they had just encountered pirates.
At this time, Lunn suddenly said:
"Is it possible that those pirates weren't the target of our Gray in the first place? Is it this big merchant ship?"
These words stunned everyone, and Captain Gray quickly reacted and said:
"It's possible, after all, pirates are insatiable, maybe they don't know where they got the news of the grounding of merchant ships, and then they ran into us again in the process of coming, and wanted to rob us......
The more the captain talked about it, the more he felt that this was very likely.
Because beyond that, he couldn't find a reason why pirates could find them so accurately.
If that's the case, then everyone is really unlucky, and it's completely unjustified. In particular, these pirates did not leave, but followed from a distance, giving people a lot of pressure.
It's about two or three days away from Nujiang City, and it would be annoying if the pirates kept following like this. Moreover, it is easy to attract the covetousness of other pirates, and if there are more pirates, they probably won't be able to cope with it.
"Captain, what should I do?"
The crew looked at the captain, and the captain looked at Luo Yin.
Although he is the captain, Luo Yin is the boss, and he still has to listen to Luo Yin's opinion.
"Turn around and get out of this big ship."
Luo Yin spoke decisively.
"Turn!"
Captain Gray nodded approvingly.
Everyone has curiosity, but you must learn to control your curiosity, otherwise it is easy to kill people, especially on the sea. The best way to face the unknown is to stay away from it.
However, when the Gray deviated from the big ship, the pirates instantly split into two parts, one part came to the big merchant ship, and the other part continued to follow the Gray.
"These people, the ghosts are not gone!"
Everyone frowned.
Without knowing what was on their Gray, they were still in hot pursuit, and there was only one possibility, they wanted to wait for an opportunity to retaliate!
Seeing that the big merchant ship was still in sight, Luo Yin decisively said again:
"Go to this merchant ship!"
"Good!"
Captain Gray and Luo Yin glanced at each other, and they both saw the ruthlessness in their eyes. Both of them were a little surprised, and they thought of going together.
Not only the two of them, but Lunn also thought of it, and he spoke:
"Yes, to the Great Merchant Ship! These pirates have been following us for revenge, so our voyage will be troublesome!"
"Since it's assumed that their original target was this merchant ship, let's go to the merchant ship! What grievances are settled at once!"
If you want to kill this kind of highly mobile pirate on the sea, as long as they don't come and give them a chance, it will be difficult to kill them with a few guns.
But as long as these pirates stop and come to the big ship, it will be different, at least within the range of everyone's muskets.
Although this is very dangerous, after all, in close combat, anyone can die. But if you don't, it may be more troublesome later! No one knows if these pirates will be able to find their accomplices.
Although the Gray had just made a slight detour, it had been at the forefront of the process, and it had reached the big ship before the other group of pirates.
Looking up at the big ship, Luo Yin was curious about what was on this ship. But now was not the time to be curious, and he didn't know if there was anyone on the ship, so he rushed in
There will be a great danger.
Captain Gray drove the ship past the big ship, and everyone looked at the big ship carefully, and found that there was no movement, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief for a while.
The Gray docked not far from the ship, and the group disembarked and ran onto the nameless island, looking for cover and taking cover.
Because it was blocked by the big ship, the pirates behind didn't find out where the Gray people went, they just saw the Gray staying near the big ship.
Suddenly, the pirates screamed. It's as if someone has robbed you of your own things. They picked up speed and rushed over.
On the other side, Luo Yin and the others, who were hiding in the shadows, had a somewhat unsightly face.
Because they just found out that there are a lot of corpses here!
Look at the clothes, there are pirates and guards. I think these guards are supposed to be this merchant ship.
"There was a massive battle here, and there were more than a dozen corpses alone......
Lunn roughly counted, then whispered.
"I don't know if there are any living people in this merchant ship......
One of the crew members whispered, if there were people, then everyone faced a common enemy, and maybe they could help each other.
"There might be someone in the boat!"
Luo Yin suddenly spoke.
Everyone looked at him with some confusion.
Luo Yin explained:
"It is impossible for both sides of the corpse to die together. Apparently someone dragged the corpse here, presumably to prevent the plague from happening......
Some of the bodies had gunshot wounds, suggesting that they died while fighting at range, and that they could not all have died together.
Everyone just didn't react just now, but now when they heard Luo Yinyi's analysis, they suddenly felt that it made sense.
If there is really someone on the big ship, and now they are hiding in the cabin and not coming out, then when fighting the pirates, you have to guard against the big ship, after all, you can't judge whether the other party is good or evil.
Minutes and seconds passed, and soon, the pirate boats sailed into the nameless island.
The pirates were armed with muskets and carried scimitars on their backs. Angrily scolding and jumping off the boat, seeing some broken big ships, they seemed to be in a hurry, they didn't even have a formation, and rushed straight to the big boat.
"Huh? That's all that fighting qualities?"
Luo Yin on the side was a little surprised, but he didn't hesitate and shot decisively.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Ahh
There was a rush of gunfire, accompanied by screams, and in an instant, several pirates were knocked down.
And after a round of shooting, the gunfire did not stop, as if there were thousands of troops in ambush here.
Hetty clutched the brass revolver tightly, a little excited in her heart.
This is the musket of her dreams! It's a pity that it was only temporarily lent to her by Luo Yin.
Luo Yin took out five navy revolvers, one for himself, one for Lunn, one for Hetty, one for another policewoman, and one for the captain.
Five guns, thirty rounds. Plus the other nine people in their hands fired at the same time.
Nearly forty rounds of bullets were fired one after another, and the pirates were stunned.
According to their fixed concept, a gun can only be fired once in a short period of time, so isn't there dozens or hundreds of people ambushed here?
"Withdraw—"