Chapter 467: Courage
When facing the "Thousand Scales Water Array", Peng San could command the twenty-six ships of Okura Castle to avoid the artillery with the "Thorn Fin Technique", but in the "Five Dragons Array", he had to control the ship himself to do it. That's because now it's not the fin of a fish that he wants to pierce, it's the fin of a dragon!
Seeing that it was only two miles away from the giant shark ship in front of it, the five "evil dragons" in the "Five Dragons Great Array" had swam over and surrounded the "Golden Jade".
The main target of these "evil dragons" attacks in the past was the imperial court sailors of the five major water villages in Guangdong, after all, that was the main combat power of the other party, and the ships of Okura Castle were far behind in terms of number and firepower, so there was nothing to be afraid of. But now that the "Golden Jade" rushed to the center of the big array, it avoided several rounds of shelling one after another, and it was close to the position of the eye of the "Five Dragons Great Array", which made the pirate principals of the "Black Dragon Palace" vigilant, and immediately mobilized all ships to pull out this single thorn inserted into the fin!
Since the beginning of the naval battle of the third watch, after this night of fierce fighting, the fifth watch has passed, and it is time for Yin Mao to communicate. The eastern horizon was already faint, the deep blue sky was much brighter, and the wind was stronger than before, but I saw that the sea was white and four or five feet high, and the warship swayed incessantly between the winds.
Looking around from the bow of the "Golden Jade", you can clearly see the head of the five "evil dragons" - five giant shark battleships in a pentagonal position, surrounding the "Golden Jade" in the middle, while the other ships of Okura Castle, which were originally following behind, have fallen behind three or four miles and are blocked out of the encirclement!
This is a highly disproportionate confrontation.
Each of the five battleships of the "Black Dragon Palace" is much larger than the "Golden Jade", especially the giant shark ship in front of it, which is the highest and largest one, and the ship's side is more than four feet out of the water, like a city wall, and the black holes of hundreds of guns on the side of the gun are daunting. The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and the "Golden Jade" seems to have no possibility of confronting its opponent at all.
At this time, Peng San, who was holding the rudder, had no fear on his ugly face, but his eyes were red, he shot out an excited light, and laughed strangely: "I want to use a cloth bag to cover me, haha, okay! Then let's see how big your ability is!"
He immediately shouted to Sima Rulan: "Tell all your men to come to the deck, I will drive the boat over!"
"The disciples of the Wanjin Hall War Department are all on the deck and ready to fight!" Sima Rulan gave the order.
Everyone on the "Golden Jade" knew that it was a critical moment, and whether they could approach the giant shark ship or be sunk by the opponent's artillery in the sea was a matter of action.
"The right front sail is full of sails! The side sail turns northwest! The starboard oarsman rows hard...... Peng San shouted a series of commands, the steering wheel in his hand turned continuously, and the "Golden Jade" was like an arrow off the string, suddenly turning and rushing forward.
Almost at the same time, smoke and thunder flew, and hundreds of guns on the sides of the five giant shark ships were fired together!
Just as a supreme swordsman can predict the direction of his opponent's sword, Peng San seems to have already anticipated the position of the giant shark ship's artillery attack, and the "Golden Jade" miraculously avoided this round of artillery bombardment under his control, and instantly rushed out of Lixu, at this time there was only less than a hundred zhang left between him and the giant shark ship in front of him.
But at this time, the guns on the five giant shark ships opened fire again, and this time the distance between the two sides was too close, even if they had the ability to steer the ship, it was too late to dodge!
I only heard Peng San shouting in a loud voice like a crow: "People on the deck, get out of port!"
In an instant, the disciples of the "Wanjin Hall" near the side of the boat on the left all rushed away. Only a "boom" was heard, and the port side of the "Golden Jade" had been hit by more than ten iron bullets flying at the same time, and in the midst of the flying sawdust, a row of large holes were smashed out of the side side!
The impact of this shelling was so powerful that the port side of the "Golden Jade" was almost completely shattered, and the hull of the ship shook, almost toppling. Hua Bushi's footing was unstable, and he almost fell to the ground, but Bai Yiling reacted quickly and reached out in time to grab the eldest young master, so that he could barely maintain the balance of his body.
The disciples of the "Wanjin Hall" on the deck have their own martial arts, most of them have their heels, Sima Rulan is light and strong, and he is standing firmly on the ground, only the Qianzong Zhao Xuhai is stupid at his feet, and he fell to the ground, if he didn't grab a thick rope on the side of the boat, he was afraid that he would have slipped into the sea.
At this moment, only a loud "bang" was heard, and there was another shock on the "Golden Jade", but it was the right side of the ship that collided with the tallest giant shark ship!
It turned out that Peng San already knew that at such a close distance, he would definitely not be able to dodge the cannon fire of the other party's five warships, so he simply let the port side be hit by the cannonball, and with the huge momentum of the "Jinyu" hull being hit by the cannonball, he glided horizontally on the sea surface for dozens of zhang, and crashed straight into the giant ship with the head of the water dragon.
At the cost of the port side, in exchange for a distance of dozens of zhang, Peng San's courage is not high. Although the side of the ship was damaged, the "Golden Jade" finally relied on the giant shark ship led by the other party, and he finally completed Sima Rulan's trust.
At this time, the two ships were combined, and the other giant shark ships could no longer fire on the "Golden Jade", otherwise they would accidentally damage their own ships. At this time, the duel was only a hand-to-hand battle between the two ships.
The deck of the "Golden Jade" is only a few feet high, which is more than half the height of the four-zhang high ship, and trying to climb the giant shark ship to seize the ship is like attacking a city on land. Before the disciples of the "Ten Thousand Golden Hall" could rush up, more than ten ropes had already hung from the sky onto the deck, and dozens of pirates slid down the ropes!
In the eyes of the pirates on the giant shark ship, the "Golden Jade" is just a small boat, and there are certainly not many people on board, and there is no reason to be afraid of hand-to-hand combat, so they have no scruples to board the ship and attack.
Sima Rulan pulled out the long sword she was wearing at her waist with a "swish", and shouted: "Everyone go all out to defeat the pirates and capture the giant shark ship!"
In an instant, a scuffle unfolded on the deck of the "Golden Jade".
If you talk about the number of people, the pirates are indeed outnumbered, but the disciples of the "Wanjintang" on the "Golden Jade" are all elites selected from the guards of the City Lord's Mansion, and their martial arts are not weak.
The deck of the "Golden Jade" was quickly stained red with blood, some of which were the blood of the disciples of the "Ten Thousand Golden Hall", but more blood came from the pirates who rushed to the deck.
If a person is not afraid of death, he can often exert extraordinary skills in fighting, and each of the more than sixty disciples of the "Ten Thousand Golden Hall" has a desperate heart, and the combat power that erupts is even more amazing, even the fierce "Black Dragon Palace" pirates can't help but begin to retreat in fear.
And retreating from fear will only make them die faster!
It didn't take long for the pirates who rushed to the deck of the "Golden Jade" to kill more than 30 people, and the rest fled in confusion, some retreated to the giant shark ship, some jumped directly into the sea, and the disciples of the "Wanjintang" also injured more than ten people.
After dealing with a pirate on the deck of the ship, the disciples of the "Mankindo" climbed along the rope to the giant shark ship, trying to attack the enemy ship.
The difference in the height of the decks of the two ships was nearly three zhang, and although the pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" had suffered a lot of casualties when they first engaged, they still had an advantage in numbers, and at this time, taking advantage of the geographical advantage, it was difficult for the disciples of the "Wanjin Hall" to attack it for a while. Several disciples who barely managed to climb the deck of the giant shark ship were also besieged and killed by the pirates.
The manpower of the two sides was at the staggered decks of the two ships, forming an offensive and defensive tug-of-war, but it was a stalemate for a while.
At this time, a white shadow had already jumped out, and with only one take-off and landing, it swept under the deck of the giant shark ship, and then flew two feet and eight feet long, and then reached the edge of the deck guarded by the pirates, but saw the cold light of the sword shadow fly out like snowflakes, and the three pirates in front of him have all fallen with swords!
This white shadow is Sima Rulan. She stretched out her hand to support the thick rope beside her, and her figure rose another five feet, and she had already jumped onto the deck of the giant shark ship.
The pirates of the "Black Dragon Palace" on the deck found that it was a young girl who jumped up, and immediately screamed and waved their blades to besiege them, and the steel sword in Sima Rulan's hand rushed out, and the pirates who rushed to the front were stabbed five or six more people.
Seeing that the eldest lady of the city lord had jumped onto the deck of the enemy ship first, the disciples of the "Wanjin Hall" had greatly increased their courage, and one by one they risked their lives to climb and rush forward to protect the eldest lady, and soon several more people climbed onto the giant shark ship and fought with the pirates! The original stalemate was about to be broken.
But at this time, I only heard a ** voice shouting: "Miss Lan'er, be careful behind you!"
This is exactly Hua Bushi's voice.
The two ships leaned against each other, and the battle for the ships was together, Sima Rulan and the disciples of the "Wanjintang" all rushed up to fight, and Hua Bushi, who had no martial arts, could not participate in the battle, and always stood in place. When the pirates attacked the "Golden Jade" before, several pirates also tried to get close to attack, but they were knocked down by Bai Yiling's steel needle that was guarding the side.
The eldest young master watched the battle from the observation deck, but he knew very well in his heart that although the current battle between the two sides was very fierce, there were quite a few of these pirate minions, but they were not to be afraid, and the disciples of the "Wanjin Hall" and Sima Rulan could handle it. The real threat is the master of the "Black Dragon Palace" on the giant shark ship.
The fact that the opponent's master did not show up means that these pirate minions were just sent to test their strength. Hua Bushi's eyes had been scanning around, searching for the traces of the masters of the "Black Dragon Palace", and when Sima Rulan jumped onto the deck of the giant shark ship, he finally found something.
A man dressed in blue-gray cloth and with loose hair appeared on the deck, and this person Hua Bushi knew that it was Cui Qiting, the "Seventh Master" who had infiltrated Okura City with Lu Qiuhong.