A sharp-eyed pirate pointed to the northeast and said, Xu Guixiang immediately became nervous, he saw that a column of fire dragons was gradually appearing, under the night sky, it was very clear, it seemed that at least fifteen ships were hurrying south, hedging against their own fleet.

"Go, deliver the order, let everyone follow me, leave nothing else, only attack the flagship of the Eastern Thieves." Xu Gui said to his subordinates.

In the past few days, he has been arguing with several leaders, and he has been crying for many days because of Wu Siniang's death, so his voice is hoarse, and the pirates don't know what kind of information transmission methods such as lights, they only rely on their voices to be loud enough.

Xu Guixiang saw that the fleet in the northeast had not yet arrived, so he immediately asked his subordinates to pass the order.

"Keep up with this ship, only attack the flagship of the East!" The loud voices of his subordinates were revealed at this moment, but because of the night voyage, the sampan was very open, and Xu Guixiang couldn't tell how many people heard it, but now it was impossible to retreat, so he could only continue to fight.

East waters of Tung Lung Chau.

"Hey, hey, hey, work hard."

On the Guan Gong Crab, the oarsmen shouted neatly and rowed the oars regularly, allowing the oars to move south quickly at a speed of more than six knots, and behind the Guan Gong Crab, there were two fast crab boats and six long dragon boats.

This is the galley fleet that is ambushed at the northern anchorage of Donglongzhou, but it is only half of it.

This galley fleet has never appeared in the field of vision of the pirates, and it is an ambush specially arranged by Li Zhaoji.

If the pirates attack the First Fleet during the day, Ferreira's fleet will quickly enter after the pirate fleet exits the carp gate, cut off the way to retreat, and together with the First Fleet, flank from both sides to destroy the pirate fleet. But if it was a night attack, this fleet would go directly out of Donglongzhou and go south to support the First Fleet and flank the enemy.

Because Lee Siu-kee's order to guard had to pass through two ships and four signal transmission points on Tung Lung Chau to reach the anchorage, and the pirates broke out of Lei Yue Gate shortly after the signal was issued, the galleys did not fully have time to react.

When Ferreira and the fleet left the anchorage and came to the open water, he immediately saw a fireball bursting in the direction of Liyumen, followed by the First Fleet in a chaotic battle.

Ferreira immediately realized that the situation was critical, because the wind was now very small, and it was difficult for the First Fleet's sail ships to move, so they had to support as soon as possible and flank the enemy.

But when he saw that the pirates' attack on the fleet was a full-scale attack, and the six gunboats of the First Fleet were almost immediately locked in a fierce battle, he immediately chose to divide his forces.

He didn't know what the situation was at the front line, and if the galleys went south, it was likely to be entangled with pirates and only save ships No. 1 and No. 2, so he asked his deputy to take half of the galleys south to support, while he went around the rear of the First Fleet, preparing to rush between the No. 3 and No. 4 positions to rescue the three warships behind.

This arrangement is the most secure, because the No. 3 ship is the Dongfang where Li Zhaoji is located, and if he passes through it and finds that the Dongfang is not supported, he can directly rescue the Dongfang.

"Faster, faster."

The rumbling of artillery on the battlefield made Ferreira's spirit highly tense, especially the Vostok, which was completely shrouded in shouts of killing, which made Ferreira even more uneasy.

Therefore, he kept urging the captain beside him.

"We haven't met the enemy yet, we have to keep our strength up." The captain said.

"The big shopkeeper has fallen into a bitter battle, that's your big shopkeeper, not mine yet." Ferreira yelled at the captain of the Oriental Trading Company.

But the captain was unmoved, this was the captain's authority, unless it was someone whose status was much higher than him, otherwise according to the rules of the Oriental Trading Company, the captain of the ship was supreme, and according to the fleet regulations, even if Li Zhaoji was on this ship, he could restrict his actions when he thought it was necessary.

"Don't speak, I seem to hear something." The captain categorically stopped him.

"Nothing, I don't believe you can hear anything in the sound of cannons and trumpets." Ferreira said angrily.

The captain shook his head: "No, there must be something ahead." ”

"Nonsense, you don't change the subject, you have to speed up the ........" Ferreira roared, and suddenly, there was a crash from the ship's hair, followed by the clatter of crackling wood, and then the screams of men.

"There's an enemy lurking ahead!" The captain shouted, and he ran to the bow of the ship, snatched the torch from the gunner's hand, and lit the bow gun directly.

With a bang, the loaded shotgun was fired, making a splash on the surface of the sea, but with the help of the muzzle flame, it was already clear that there were several small boats in front of it.

"Beat the drums, take the enemy! Get ready to ramble! The captain roared in rage, and immediately ordered to enter combat mode after accidentally smashing a sampan boat.

Ferreira shouted: "Turn around, support the flagship, this must be a conspiracy of pirates, so that the knife handed out from the darkness will definitely be stuck in the most important place." If it were me, the odd soldier I arranged would definitely deal with the flagship. ”

"You know what!" The captain simply ignored it, and the galleys were already storming.

In the post-war summary and evaluation, although Ferreira complained to Lee Siu-ki more than once about the captain's arbitrariness, Lee Siu-ki still gave him an excellent evaluation and personally promoted the captain to the captain of the Tamsui River.

The reason is very simple, the environment in which the galleys are located at this time is very vague, and it was an accidental collision that made them discover the existence of the attackers, but it is not clear how many attackers there are, what the purpose is, and what the combat effectiveness is.

As a general, we must anticipate the enemy leniently and resist the enemy strictly.

That is, we must think that the unknown enemy is strong, and our own response must be serious and harsh.

This is the case with this captain, in the worst-case scenario, the pirate flank and rear sneak attack fleet may be a fleet of galleys equipped with fast crabs and long dragons, in line with the principle of anticipating the enemy's leniency, he ordered to attack with a wild goose formation, that is, in the case of the darkness not knowing the enemy's strength, directly break up the enemy's formation, assuming that the pirates' strength far exceeds his own, his choice can also be entangled with this fleet and drag them down.

This is a dark sky and dark waters, even if there are lights on the ship, but they can only illuminate every inch of land, which is completely different from the battlefield of the First Fleet that is lit by fire, so the guns and guns on the galleys do not play a role, and the most important thing is to ram and directly hit the enemy's warships with ramming angles.

In fact, this impact was significant, as three sampans were directly smashed, and a few more were smashed by the oars of fast crabs and long dragons, and then the oarsmen picked up the oars and smashed the pirates' heads. A few more were cut off, and only four ships followed Xu Guixiang straight to the Dongfang.

The Dongfang was caught in a fierce battle, and Li Zhaoji could no longer eat apples leisurely, and all his relatives were sent out by him to support the battle on the open deck, he wore a suit of armor to guard the stern, and Chen Shangchuan was in charge of the corridor behind the stern.

His sword had fallen into the water with some hapless pirate, and with a broken spear in both hands, he stabbed with determination whenever anyone showed his head, and when the grappling hook was thrown, he drew the knife he had captured from the pirate, cut off the hook, or cut off the finger that had grasped the side of the ship.

The hull of the ship was shaking, and the guns on the lower deck were still shelling continuously, unleashing shotguns on the pirates, and when the pirate ships around the Vostok were touched, the hull would be punched out of large and small holes, and the pirates would be turned into minced flesh and a rain of blood.

Bang Dang!

Something hung on the side of the ship, Chen Shangchuan was a burst of chopping, and found that the chopping made a spark, it was a pair of ladders, but the top was iron-clad, and then, an ash bottle was thrown up, and the exploded lime made Chen Shangchuan scream, he covered his eyes, retreated to the stern through the cabin on the top floor of the stern, and shouted: "Owner, owner, someone has boarded from behind." ”

As soon as Li Zhaoji cut off the arm of a pirate, he saw Chen Shangchuan running in embarrassment, and he just wanted to scold this guy for being useless and couldn't hold it condescendingly, when he saw someone behind the stern of the ship holding a torch and rushing all the way to kill, followed by seven or eight people, and some people kept boarding the ship.

"Follow me." Li Zhaoji grabbed Chen Shangchuan's shoulder, picked up a knife to open the way, and thought about getting off the stern, and the two relatives guarding the staircase immediately rushed to the front to open the way for him.

Let this sea be windless, and our ship will not be able to evacuate. These pirates really don't want to die, they can't kill them, and they can't kill ......... ”

He trotted all the way up to the bow of the ship, thinking that it was safe, but found that there were also enemies here, and he looked down, and at some point, there were four or five sampans leaning from behind, and the new thieves were all from these sampans, and they were all in armor, and they were extremely fierce.

"Tang Mu, greet people, retreat into the cabin, there are too many thieves, you can't kill them." Li Zhaoji shouted peace, but did not hear the echo.

Li Zhaoji stuffed Chen Shangchuan into the stern of the ship, followed closely by himself, and was about to close the hatch when a flintlock pistol was pressed against his head.

Squeak! The flint struck the chopping board, sending out bright sparks, but the musket was silent, and no bullets flew out.

Li Zhaoji was shocked, and the gunman was also surprised, Li Zhaoji reacted, kicked on the hatch, knocked the pistol down, and then struggled to close the door.

Picking up the pistol, he saw the medicine nest blocked by the wet gunpowder, and laughed: "Grandma, it turns out that luck is still in me, this thief God, is so blessed with me!" ”

"Boss, it's a mess, there are thieves everywhere." Li Zhaoji heard someone shouting outside.

"Catch a job, ask Li Zhaoji if he is on this boat, Lao Tzu is going to cut off his head and pay tribute to Siniang." The other person said viciously.

When Li Zhaoji heard this, Xindao turned out to be looking for revenge, isn't that Siniang Wu Siniang who was killed in Potai, the one who can call her by name and desperately take revenge is Xu Guixiang.

"Chief, the thief has retreated into the cabin." Someone shouted.

The shouting on the deck gradually stopped, and the soldiers and sailors who could not support themselves on the open deck retreated into the cabin, leaving corpses all over the ground.

Xu Guixiang shouted, he jumped off the stern, cut off a head casually, and shouted: "Hand over Li Zhaoji and spare your whole ship." ”

Chen Shangchuan grabbed Li Zhaoji's hand and dragged it, Li Zhaoji smiled: "Don't pay attention to him, Ferreira will come to support immediately, and see who catches whom when the time comes." ”

Before these words landed, I heard a loud laugh not far away: "Hahaha, who is looking for Lao Tzu without knowing how to die." Lao Tzu is Li Zhaoji of the Oriental Trading Company, you have the courage to report your name. ”

The voice came from the stern, and Xu Guixiang immediately led people to lean over, and saw that the man was wearing a red cloak, a mountain pattern armor, and an iron hood covering most of his face, but he couldn't hide his heroism.

"Li Zhaoji, if you kill my wife, Lao Tzu will break your body into ten thousand pieces."

"Okay, you and I go it alone, don't hurt anyone else." The man said.

In the bow building, Li Zhaoji scolded in a low voice: "This Tang Mu is still so reckless, he actually pretends to be Lao Tzu." ”

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