At dawn, as soon as the cannon on Wang Leopard's side fired, more than 20 pirate ships immediately moved over to this side.

Then, the cannonballs from the pirate ship rained down on Bai Zizong and his island.

"Stop returning fire and save shells. If a pirate ship tries to capture an island, give me a few more shots to scare them. ”

Wang Bao stopped and stopped here, and soon Bai Zizong also learned the same, so he stopped and stopped until noon, and finally looked forward to Feng Li and William's clippers, and the unexpected more than 20 shells were concentrated in one place and bombarded, sinking four pirate ships at once.

The pirates were a little flustered at first, but when they found that the opponent's reinforcements were only sixteen ships, they were naturally not afraid, and they divided the ships to resist the enemy.

Seeing that it was time to return fire, Wang Leopard let the island's artillery fire fiercely, and he led people to board the clipper to kill the enemy.

Bai Zizong saw it and quickly entered the naval battle.

The six Zhao brothers were also quick to learn, and boarded more than 20 fishing boats to help in the war.

In this way, Wang Bao, Bai Zizong, and the Zhao brothers, under the cover of artillery fire, attacked the pirate ship.

Thinking that because of his own miscalculation, thousands of brothers were trapped on the island and their lives were uncertain, Feng Li stood at the bow of the ship to supervise the battle and command, and was not afraid of the pirates' cannonballs whistling and flying around to set off waves around, just wanting to try his best to save those brothers on the island and save the young master's capital.

But there were too many pirate ships, and the artillery on the clippers had an absolute advantage in numbers, and the three Western clippers were all large-caliber guns with great power, which made it difficult for the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion to parry, and there were many casualties, and two ships were sunk.

He was so anxious that he didn't know how to keep the young master's capital, join the dragon ship safely, and leave this dangerous sea area and return to Pukou City as much as possible.

Suddenly, a rower flashed past the big ship, and he hurriedly looked around, and saw an old man with white hair and white shirt beating a war drum among the black, shuttling through the artillery fire of both sides, disappearing and disappearing in the layers of waves, and circling around the pirate ship.

"Isn't this the Grand Steward?"

Thinking that it was the chief manager Zhong Lei who arrived, his heart was suddenly shocked.

"How did the Grand Master come here?"

He was immediately in high spirits, drew his sword and raised it high, and shouted: "Brothers, the chief has come to help in the battle, and everyone is moving forward. Come on. Kill. ”

Hearing that the chief steward had come to help in the battle, the brothers suddenly doubled their spirits, drew their swords and shouted wildly, and even those seriously injured brothers stood up and shouted to make a noise.

Wang Bao and Bai Zizong have also discovered that Zhong Lei on the paddle is risking danger, beating drums and shuttling in the artillery fire, and his blood is boiling for a while, his fighting spirit is strong, and he commands all the ships to step forward bravely, and the brothers are also shouting in unison.

"Rush. Kill. Don't let these turtle grandchildren run away. ”

In this way, it really makes the pirate ship a little confused, think about how the opponent's twenty or so clippers dare to sacrifice their lives in the face of their own dense artillery fire, even if the hull is on fire, it will not stop, when has this kind of play style been seen.

Seeing that the hand-to-hand combat was in front of them, thinking that the Ming Han people were good at fighting and having the advantage of bows and arrows and big swords, the pirates suddenly panicked and didn't know what to do.

At this time, the disadvantages of the pirates were also revealed, one was that they were in a two-sided attack, the second was that most of them fought separately, and the third was that there was no unified order.

At this juncture, the treacherous three foreign ships saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly took advantage of the chaos to abandon their companions and sail the boat to flee first.

When the pirates saw this, they became more and more panicked, and they also scrambled to flee in the northwest direction, leaving behind only a dozen or so clippers that had been shot and caught fire.

Then, these pirate ships that were on fire were surrounded by Feng Li, Bai Zizong, and William.

The first to board the thief ship was Zhong Lei and his three apprentices, wielding a big knife and killing anyone they saw.

Just as he was killing the red eye, he suddenly heard someone shouting in Chinese: "Heroes spare their lives, we are willing to surrender." We will surrender. ”

I saw that the pirates laid down their weapons one after another and lay on the deck.

Seeing that the pirates surrendered, Zhong Lei couldn't kill anymore, but he felt a little disappointed, beckoned to the pirate who had just asked for surrender, pointed to the other pirate ships and said: "You tell them quickly, those who surrender will be spared death, and the wounded will be healed." ”

The pirate nodded his head and climbed the mast like a monkey, "Whoa"

After a few words, the pirates on the other ships listened, and all laid down their arms and gathered at the bow of the ship.

No one thought that this outnumbered naval battle would end in this way, and they all cheered with straight arms and shed tears in celebration.

Zhong Lei also celebrated the victory with straight arms like everyone else, and then beckoned everyone to extinguish the burning ships on both sides of the enemy, and sent Dongye Suo and Zhao Chong to personally lead two hundred brothers, escorting Wang Leopard and Bai Zizong The treasures they had stolen last night would return to the dragon ship first, in case the Japanese island pirates or Korean pirates took the opportunity to attack the dragon ship and kill people and goods.

"Archsteward. ”

It was only at this time that Feng Li, Bai Zizong, and William had time to greet Zhong Lei.

"If it weren't for the fact that the chief manager himself came and braved the fire to beat the drums of war and inspire our fighting spirit, it would have really been hanging. ”

Feng Li said that he knelt on one leg and wanted to confess his guilt to Zhong Lei, but Zhong Lei was so shocked that he hurriedly stretched out his hands to help him up, and said with a smile: "There is this victory, it is not the work of one of my Zhong, it is caused by the sacrifice of the brothers to kill him." Among them, there is also the credit of my ten disciples. ”

Speaking of apprentices, he suddenly remembered that the seven seriously injured apprentices were still on the paddle, and he couldn't help but "Ahh

In the sound, he jumped and landed on the paddle a hundred steps away, and found that the seven apprentices who were still breathing just now were all out of breath at the moment, and couldn't help but "wow"

A howl and a cry of pain, old tears are all over the place.

The three men in black on the boat heard the master's cry, and hurriedly jumped into the sea and swam towards the rower.

Feng Li and the others were very surprised, no one knew what was going on with the chief manager.

Fearing that something would happen to him, many people jumped into the sea and pushed their rows to the side of the clipper where the generals were.

"Boss, what's going on?"

Sun Litang was very anxious, waved his hand to suggest that the brothers on the boat and the boat would do it together, and they used all the dragging, dragging, and carrying, and they just got the chief manager onto the boat.

"I'm fine. ”

Unexpectedly, after Zhong Lei got on the boat, he shouted to everyone: "I just feel sorry for these seven apprentices." You don't know that when they first entered the warring sea, they were all seriously wounded, but they were still paddling hard. But now, the fuck is dead. ”

With that, he wiped away his tears and divided all the ships into seven brigades and eight squads.

The team swooped down on the pirate lair on each of the seven islands, carrying out the treasure and firearms, and the team went to clear the eight islands that had been destroyed.

Subsequently, everyone returned to the dragon and phoenix ship to rest, just waiting for the moment when the northeast wind blew, and then they could return to the territory of Daming.

As the saying goes, people are not as good as heaven.

Who would have thought that because Tianxiao was smart and well-behaved, he was deeply appreciated by the ministers, Mu Zong was favored, and Mo Guifei protected each other with death, which caused all kinds of suspicions of Li Guifei, which forced Zhong Lei to take the young master away from the palace to avoid disaster, but he strayed into the sea and was blessed by misfortune.

In particular, all the things that happened after that were all serendipitous and could not be avoided if anyone wanted to.

Zhong Lei always had an ominous premonition since he left the palace, just like the crown prince would ascend the throne as emperor at any time, and the young master's life could be mortally threatened at any time.

"What should I do?"

Since talking to the Flying Demon Girl, he has a terrible headache, and it seems that he is leaning against the window every day and thinking hard, and he can't sleep all night.

"How am I going to place this water division?"

He knew in his heart that Feng Li, Bai Zizong's well-equipped ships and the brave team in front of him would be the guarantee for the young master's safety in the future.

But once such a team and so many ships, especially the hundreds of attack guns on the thirty-seven clippers, the seventy-three defensive guns on the fourteen two-masted ships, and more than 240 muskets appeared in Pukou City, they would inevitably be suspicious of others, saying that Tianbo Mansion had a rebellious heart, so what would the Lord of Long Live think of Zhu Tianxiao, the little prince?

If they are not brought to Pukou City, where will they be hidden?

It's a bigger headache for this.

After thinking hard for a few days, he finally had a good plan, and summoned Zhao Hu, Wang Bao, Qianli chasing the murderer without looking back, the Flying Demon Heroine, Azaguri, Yang Biao, the iron-headed monk, Feng Li, Bai Zizong, Dongye Suo and other generals and leaders to the front hall of the dragon ship, and said: "Everyone, the two adults of Zhao and I left Jiangning on the 12th day of the seventh month of the fourth year of Longqing, and took the young master to the capital to enter the palace to visit the current Long Live Lord, at that time there were only the sailors of the dragon ship and Dongye Suo. But when he turned around a long time and was about to return to Pukou City, there were suddenly so many masters here, generals, clippers, and artillery. However, if you are all allowed to go back to Napukou City with the young master, you will be suspicious of others, saying that my Tianbo Mansion has a rebellious heart. Therefore, you can't go back to Tianbo Mansion with the young master, and you can't use the banner of Tianbo Mansion to drift on the sea and expand your strength. lest people catch the handle of attacking the young master, and give Li Guifei a chance to take advantage of it, which will be unfavorable to the young master. I don't know what you think? ”

Feng Li even said: "Boss, you are strategic, thoughtful, what to do, you decide." ”

He nodded and smiled without saying a word, only staring at Bai Zizong on the other side to see what he thought.

Seeing the chief manager looking at himself, Bai Zizong hurriedly said: "Eat the sea by the sea, eat the sea when you meet the island, such a long sea area is enough for us to eat for four, five, six, seven, eight and nine years." As long as it doesn't involve the young master, you can do whatever the banner plays. ”

He clapped his hands and laughed maniacally.

"My own idea is exactly what I want. ”

He suppressed his laughter and said, bringing out his plan.

"I thought, let's call Longqing, after all, the young master is from the home of the Long Live Lord. The Flying Demon Lady and her son Yang Biao brought 200,000 taels of silver to recruit soldiers, where to settle down, you decide for yourself, and when you go out of the mountain to see when you go. Azaguri and the iron-headed monk, you two are partners, and you also bring 200,000 taels of silver to recruit troops. Feng Li and Bai Zizong temporarily took the post of chief soldier, and they will be called commander when there are more soldiers and horses in the future. Sun Litang, Fang Shichuan as generals, Dongye Suo as deputy generals, Zhao Wei, Zhao Meng, Zhao Hai, Zhao Chong, Zhao Bao, Zhao Cai, Zhao Hai, and Qin Jinfeng as guerrilla generals. I will bring you the dragon and phoenix, thirty-seven clippers, fourteen brigs, twenty-eight large and small fishing boats, seventy-three defensive guns, more than two hundred and forty muskets, five thousand taels of gold, and three hundred thousand taels of silver. In order to increase your strength, after returning to Pukou City, I will immediately send Han Dezhong and Yan Zheng with 1,500 people to meet you along the coast of Taizhou and Fuzhou. You can first go to clear out the pirates in the Zhoushan Islands, and the strategy should be to encircle the bandits, and take the threat as the top, fight the foreign thieves but not the internal bandits, and kill the bandits leaders instead of the soldiers. As long as it is used properly, it can expand the source of more than 10,000 troops, 100 large ships, not to mention gold and silver treasures. Then, if you go all the way south along the coast to clear the islands and mountains of bandits, you should be able to expand your army by more than 10,000 people. For the sake of the young master, I hope that all of you here will unite and work together, and within three years you must complete all things at sea, seize the opportunity to go ashore at the right time, capture the city, and establish your own foundation in Longqing. But don't be too sharp, lest you be suspicious of the Long Live Lord and besieged by the Ming Army. If you have any questions, you can send someone to Pukou City to find me. But one thing must be remembered, Longqing is Longqing, not Tianbo Mansion, and it has nothing to do with Tianbo Mansion. No matter what happens, it can't affect the young master. Tomorrow, send a fast boat to take us to Hangzhou. Today they are hungry for William. ”