Lantau Island, southeast sea.

Chen Liuzi still remembers the environment of this water, it was here that the Oriental Trading Company broke into the pirates' water prison and rescued many people, but because of the rapid retreat, the people could only settle on Lantau Island, so there were many reefs here, and the pirate ships rarely came in, so most of the people escaped here.

"Sixth master, a whole day has passed since the appointed time, let's go ashore and rest." The captain of the Vostok said cautiously.

Chen Liuzi shook his head: "No, the reef here is dense, the hydrology is complex, and the shore is unreliable. ”

Now Chen Liuzi has two ships under his command, namely the Dongfang and the Lingding Island, the two ships are both modified Yahat ships, the tonnage is roughly the same, and the most skilled in cooperation with the battle, and what Chen Liuzi has to do is to ambush Zheng Tingqiu's fleet, according to the news sent by Tang Mu, at this time yesterday, Zheng Tingqiu's three ships should appear in this water.

At this time, most of the sails of the two ships were lowered, and the flag of the Dutch was not hoisted by the green dragon flag of the trading company, but the flag of the Dutch, and each ship was accompanied by at least ten English sailors.

After arriving at this location, the fleet encountered several waves of people, all of whom were Tan people, and were sent away by Chen Liuzi's arrangement.

But the agreed time has passed, and Chen Liuzi is worried that the matter has been revealed.

Fortunately, God didn't let Chen Liuzi wait too long, and when noon came, the lookout on the mast spotted a fleet.

There were three ships in total, one was a merchant ship and two fast crab ships, which were in complete contrast to what the intelligence said, 'one big ship and two galleys as escorts'.

"Ordered the Lingding Island, the fleet went straight to the flower butt ship, and slowly boarded the ship, and after breaking the enemy's fast crab, it will be captured." Chen Liuzi's hand pinched the side of the ship fiercely, but his mouth issued a flat order.

Both ships were immediately busy.

"Artillery ready, loaded with shotguns, arquebusiers assemble on deck, do what they are told, guards on the lower deck concentrated, put on armor, ready to take sides!" The captains of both ships gave almost the same order.

The rough sound echoed across the deck, where the soldiers with arquebuses lined up in two columns, while the English gunners operated the guns, and the six guns were fully ready for firing at the first time, and the sailors hoisted their battle sails, and then poured the wet sand on the deck, and distributed the short spears and sailors' axes.

Chen Liuzi observed the enemy ship, the two fast crabs protected the flower butt in the middle, and the moment they found their own fleet, they immediately turned to leave, but it didn't mean much, because it was an ambush in advance, so the fleet had already gained the upper hand.

Perhaps the enemy also knew that it was not the opponent, and sailed to the reef area as fast as possible, but the speed of the flower ass was completely inferior to the speed of the fleet.

The Vostok, the Lingding Island, flanked from the left and right, each entangled in a fast crab ship, the narrow crab galloping across the water, the oarsmen on it shouting a neat trumpet, and the pirates on the two platforms in front and behind attacked the behemoth with muskets, bows and arrows, and small cannons.

This seems to be the last revolt of the weak prey.

When the Dongfang was almost at the same level as the fast crab ship, Chen Liuzi blew the whistle, and the sharp whistle was an order to open fire.

Immediately, the sound of cannon tore through the air, becoming the only sound in the waters.

After the Vostok's fire, the Lingding Island also opened fire, and the starboard side of the Vostok's and the port side of Lingding Island all erupted three flames, followed by the sound of a salvo of twenty musketeers on each of the two ships, only a hundred meters away, and the rain of bullets instantly caused fatal damage to the pirates.

Blazing buckshot swept through everything that came its way, the planks, the oars, and the fragile flesh of the oarsmen.

Almost at the same moment, the oarsmen of the two fast crab boats were swept away, and the oarsmen close to the firing point suffered the greatest losses, so that both boats seemed to have been kicked and involuntarily turned towards the attackers, but under the manipulation of the helmsman, the Dongfang and Lingding Island turned to avoid the way.

Fast crabs, which have lost their power, struggle on the surface of the sea, and blood stains the waters.

The two behemoths were unscathed, and the gunners reloaded the shells, wiped the behemoth's teeth brightly, drew a graceful curve on the sea, and then pounced on the fleeing merchant ships.

This ship has an oval-shaped stern, covered with beautiful paintings, this kind of ship has a relatively large hull, stable driving, and large carrying capacity, so it is liked by many businessmen, and this particularly fancy Bauhinia is Zheng Tingqiu's ship, which is a ship he built with all his might.

It was not so much a warship as a pleasure boat, with no artillery on board, only fine wine and beautiful women.

Boom, boom!

In the distance, the Vostok fired two solid shells, one grazing the bow of the Bauhinia and the other landing near the stern, both splashing up columns of water higher than the ship.

The Lingding Island, on the other hand, was close, shouting with a loud sailor: "Lower the sails, drop anchor, raise everyone's hands above their heads, or sink your ship at once." ”

"Are you Dutch, why did you rob our Zheng shopkeeper's ship, we have no grudges......." A man on the ship shouted, but in front of him, the Dutch flag fell, and the green dragon flag of the Eastern Trading Company was raised.

Facing the old enemy, and seeing the black hole of the cannon and the rows of arquebuses, the Bauhinia chose to surrender, the anchor quickly fell, and the ship came to a standstill.

The gangplank was put down, and the men on the boat came over one by one, and Chen Liuzi asked the man who answered just now: "What about Zheng Tingqiu, why don't you see it?" ”

"The shopkeeper is not on the ship, but in Hong Kong." The man dodged Chen Liuzi's eyes and said.

Chen Liuzi snorted coldly: "Really? ”

As soon as he waved his hand, he jumped over with more than twenty soldiers in armor, kicked open the door of the cabin, and saw dozens of people gathered in a pile, all of them beautifully dressed women, many of them holding children in their hands, and they struggled to put boxes at the door, inside were silver ingots, gold and silver hairpins, expensive clothes, and silk and satin.

"Uncle, don't hurt us, all the treasures are here, please spare your life." The woman at the head is Miao Niang, she cries pear blossoms with rain, Chu Chu is pitiful, holding her lower abdomen, kneeling on the ground to ask for mercy.

Chen Liuzi said coldly: "Hand over Zheng Tingqiu." ”

Miao Niang wiped her tears and said, "The shopkeeper is not here." ”

Chen Liuzi saw that she had no confidence in speaking, and she was no different from the man who answered just now, so she decided to deceive them.

Chen Liuzi said: "It seems that the one outside who was hit by lead bullet and had his head shattered was Zheng Tingqiu." ”

"Shopkeeper's ......!" An older woman let out a terrible scream, abandoned the child, ran out of the cabin, looked at the fast crab boat floating on the water in the distance, and kept shouting.

Seeing this, Chen Liuzi scolded: "Zheng Tingqiu's guy actually doesn't live in merchant ships and fast crabs, and he goes to search quickly, and he wants to see people dead and corpses." ”

A quarter of an hour ago.

"Don't panic, your head has a scar the size of a bowl, and you will still be a good man after 20 years. The captain listened to me, turned over, and killed the enemy ships, and .......fought with them. When the Dongfang approached, Zheng Tingqiu brandished his knife and mobilized his men to launch a counterattack in despair.

But a sharp and rapid whistling sound exploded in his ears, and then the deck beneath his feet shattered and twisted, and his mind sank with the sharp whistling sound, and when he came to his senses a little, he realized that it was the bitter sea water that had penetrated his nostrils.

Choking, sinking, and stiff all over.

In the boundless horror, Zheng Tingqiu struggled blindly, but watched the sea get farther and farther away from him, and the light on the sea surface became dimmer and dimmer.

When the shadow of death enveloped his whole body, his body trembled, his waist tightened, and he found that there happened to be a rope hanging around his waist, at this moment, Zheng Tingqiu came to his senses, he first threw away the saber inlaid with gems, and then dragged the rope up.

The moment before the air in his chest cavity ran out, he rushed out of the water, spat out the water, grabbed the things around him, and held on to it.

After retching and coughing for a while, Zheng Tingqiu saw the situation in front of him clearly.

He leaned over the half-hull of the ship, which was part of the stern of the fast boat, and the whole was cut cross-section by the burst of lead bullets, and the fast crab boat he was riding just now was burning, the mast was submerged in the water, the canvas flames rose, and a piece of burning debris passed through Zheng Tingqiu's body, almost burning him.

Zheng Tingqiu realized that he had failed at this moment, and he had only one thought, to live.

He took off the heavy clothes on his body with one hand, and swam towards the direction of the island with all his might, with a wooden plank under his armpit, he saw his men struggle to fall into the abyss, and saw that only half of the body of the familiar person was floating on the water, someone was injured and couldn't keep afloat, grabbing anything that could be caught, and one hand grabbed Zheng Tingqiu, about to pull him into the bottom of the sea together, and was thrown away by him.

When Zheng Tingqiu finally got rid of his subordinates, the boat that attacked him turned back, the boat was put down, and sailed into the battlefield, Zheng Tingqiu dived into the water in fright, he didn't want to be caught by the enemy, no matter whether the attacking fleet was the Oriental Trading Company or the Dutch, whether it was Shibi or Ma Xuansheng, he would not survive if he fell into the hands of the enemy.

Zheng Tingqiu dodged under the water, his eyes stared at it, only to see a small boat back and forth, but always did not leave, Zheng Tingqiu could only float, he thought about changing his breath with the help of the wreckage, just secretly took a breath, he heard a rattling sound behind his head, and looked back, the huge bow of the Dongfang appeared behind his head, and covered himself under the water with the momentum of Mount Tai.

"No!"

Zheng Tingqiu, who was pressed into the water, shouted, but only the bitter sea water entered his lungs, he scratched, kicked, struggled, and wanted to return to the water, but he felt as if something was passing through his body, and the rough and uneven thing crushed his body, making his body keep rolling, as if he was pressed on a washboard and rubbed .......

For a moment, Zheng Tingqiu remembered a punishment of foreigners - dragging the keel.

The erring soldier was tethered to the bow of the ship and thrown down, and the body of the ship overgrown with barnacles and other aquatic creatures ran over the soldier's body, and the attached creatures with hard shells would pull the soldier's body like a knife, similar to the legendary Ling Chi.

No one can survive this punishment, and the corpse will turn into a blood gourd.

Zheng Tingqiu had no room to struggle, feeling the severe pain of his body being cut, and soon this pain was knocked unconscious, and he fell into the water in a daze, sinking deeper and deeper, the light was far away, and life was also far away.

He reached out to grab the fleeting light, but he didn't catch anything.........

"This is hell, and you're Hades?" When Zheng Tingqiu woke up, he saw a man with a white scarf covering his face, his blond hair, blue eyes, and a weapon in his hand.

Even if the weapon left, he would not leave in pain, but the pain became deeper and deeper, as if a worm had penetrated his body from the wound.

"He's sanitizing you, you better shut up." A busy man glanced at Zheng Tingqiu and explained to him, lest this guy do anything bad to his English assistant.

The man checked Zheng Tingqiu's eyes and said to the kid next to him, "Go and tell the sixth master, Zheng Tingqiu is alive." ”