Song Sichen looked at it for a while, then lowered the clairvoyant mirror and said, "That ship has the Blue Shark flag on it, it must be the pirate ship of the 'Blue Shark Regiment', we must turn to the east and sail in the hope of getting rid of them!"

The "Blue Shark Regiment" is a notorious pirate Shili in the southeast coastal area, and is one of the "Six Great Kou", often robbing merchant ships and plundering coastal villages.

The Zhengde Daoist of the "Shangqing Gate" snorted and said: "In the opinion of the poor Dao, we don't need to run away, just go forward, it's just a pirate ship, and the 'Six Great Kou' is just a few water thieves, so why be afraid? With me here, we will definitely be able to kill them in one fell swoop, and we can get rid of a harm!"

Song Sichen didn't answer yet, but a person next to him said "hehe" and smiled: "This Taoist master has such a big breath, you have to do what you say, we are a boatman, I am afraid that we will all fall into the sea to feed Wang Ba." ”

When the chief of Zhengde heard this, he was immediately furious, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that it was a vulgar-looking man who spoke, it was Peng San, he also came to the stage at some point, but he was short and did not attract attention.

Zhengde Dao Chang turned his hand and grabbed the hilt of the sword on his shoulder, and said: "Who are you, this man, if you look down on my swordsmanship of 'Shangqingmen', you have to learn a thing or two!"

Peng San smiled, but didn't speak, Song Sichen hurriedly said: "Don't blame Zhengde Zhenren, your 'Nine Qu Sword Technique' is powerful in the rivers and lakes, no one knows, this gentleman must not look down on your martial arts." But now we really can't meet it, otherwise it will inevitably sink the ship as this gentleman said. ”

Zhengde said: "How do you say this?"

Song Sichen said: "The 'Blue Shark' on the opposite side is a heavily armored gunboat, with many guns on board, if we drive the ship to catch up, and we can't rush closer, we will definitely be sunk by their cannons, and there is no chance of hand-to-hand combat." ”

"Shangqing Gate" is located in the Longhu Mountain of the Gan Realm, located inland, although the head of the Zhengde Dao is extraordinary, but he knows nothing about the sea ship war, and has no concept at all.

But after all, he was unwilling to admit his mistake and lost face, and said: "That's not necessarily, since they are pirates, they must treat us as ordinary merchant ships, and they haven't robbed the goods on board, so how can they sink them with artillery without saying anything?"

Peng San said: "Do you think that the 'Six Great Kou' will only have one ship out of the hole? I guess that behind that gunboat, there are at least two or three ships. They blasted our sailing ship with their guns until they leaked and could not move, and then sent one of them up to plunder our property. Even if we kill all the pirates, the other gunboats will not show mercy, and will immediately open fire and sink the ship into the sea, and if we can't swim home, we will have to report to the Crystal Palace. ”

Before he could finish his words, a sailor who was climbing on the mast shouted loudly: "There are three more ships behind the black ship, and they have four ships in all!"

What Peng San said was immediately confirmed, and even if the righteous Taoist was not angry in his heart, he had nothing to say.

Cao Duyun, who was on the side, said: "In Mr. Peng San's words, he can actually say that the robbery methods of the 'Six Great Kou' are not bad at all, which is really remarkable!

In fact, not only Cao Duyun, Hua Bushi is also very curious about the origin of this Peng Sanye, this person is not only strange in martial arts, but also good at juggling, Chai Lin said that he is proficient in sailing, and it is true that he thinks about it. At this time, all the people looked at the five short men, waiting for him to answer.

I only heard Na Peng San reply: "My hometown is from Liaojing, and now I work in Chai Dashanren's house, and I have done a little bit of small business on the sea before, so I know a little bit about this trick of pirates." ”

When he spoke, the expression on his face was sincere, and there was no difference in color, not as if he was lying, but no one knew how true it was.

Song Sichen immediately ordered to go down and let the "White Oriole" turn to the east, preparing to escape from the slanted Cili and not confront the pirate ship head-on.

Although the hull of the "White Oriole" was large, it was quite flexible, and the ship's master, Luo Zhong, personally took the helm at the helm, and the sailors pulled the direction of the sails, and in a moment, the bow of the ship turned at a right angle, facing the east. However, when it was heading south, it was going with the wind, but now it turned to the east side, and only one side was windy, and the speed of the sailboat immediately slowed down a lot.

Luo Zhong shouted an order and told the sailors on the ship to go to the cabin on the lower deck to row the oars. Soon, from both sides of the hull of the "White Oriole", more than ten large oars stretched out, and a group of sailors shouted trumpets and rowed hard, and the speed of the sailboat immediately increased a lot.

Looking from the sea, I saw that the pirate ship in the distance also turned its bow and headed east. Previously, I could only see a large ship in the front, but when the direction changed, the three ships behind were all revealed.

The four pirate ships were all blue-black in color, the front one had six masts and jet-blue sails, and the hull was about the size of the Whitebird, while the three next ones were smaller and were all two-masted clippers.

It didn't take long for the four pirate ships to turn into a line and drive side by side towards the "White Oriole".

Everyone on the deck, from Song Sichen and Cao Duyun to Zhengde Daoren, all had solemn faces, even Peng San, who had always had a smiling face, had a lot less smile on his face.

These people are all martial arts masters, if they were on land, one or two hundred robbers would not be in their eyes at all, but now in the vast sea, surrounded by oceans, there is no land, if a ship is sunk by artillery, no matter how high your martial arts are, I am afraid that you will inevitably die in the belly of the fish.

Cao Duyun asked, "Steward Song, in your opinion, can we be sure to get rid of them?"

Song Sichen frowned and said: "Although the speed of our 'White Oriole' is not low, those pirate ships seem to be rare fast ships, whether they can get rid of it is still too easy to say." ”

Peng San on the side said: "What's hard to say, in this situation, at most, in an hour, we will be caught up by them." ”

Cao Duyun frowned and said, "Is this true?"

Peng San said: "Of course it can't be faked. ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the pirate ship in the distance, and said, "That big six-masted ship has about the same speed as our sailboat, but those three small boats are all loach ships driven by manpower, and the speed is twice as fast as our ship in this headwind voyage, and when they outflank us, we will not be able to run." ”

The so-called "loach boat" is a flat-headed wooden boat equipped with oars, relying on the power of human trampling to drive the turbine, traveling on the water, this kind of boat has been in the Song Dynasty as early as the Song Dynasty, and has undergone many improvements in the Ming Dynasty. The three smaller pirate ships on the sea diagonally behind the Whitebird were also masted and sailed, but apparently the main way to drive them was the oars on either side of the hull.

Although the "White Oriole" also has sailors to paddle, after all, the ship is huge, relying only on more than a dozen wooden oars to row, and in the case of insufficient wind, the speed is far less than that of the loach boat.

When Song Sichen heard Peng San say this, he immediately stared at the pirate ship in the distance and said, "Oh, those three small boats are really loach boats, this is a bit troublesome!"

After only a few moments, the three loach ships had sailed in front of the big pirate ship, and the distance between them and the "White Oriole" was noticeably closer. Although these three ships were smaller than the "White Oriole" and the large pirate ship, they were more than ten zhang long, and they must have been equipped with cannons, and if they approached and opened fire, the "White Oriole" would be doomed.

Cao Duyun said: "If you go on like this, I'm afraid that it won't take an hour for them to catch up, how can this be good?"

Song Sichen was at a loss and kept silent, obviously there was no good way.

In terms of wisdom, Cao Duyun and Hua Bushi are both witty and resourceful people, but even if they are smart, they don't know anything about naval warfare, and they can't think of countermeasures at this time.

Hua Bushi's eyes turned, but he saw Peng San standing aside, his expression was quite leisurely, and he couldn't help but move in his heart, and said, "Does Peng Sanye have any good strategies to deal with the enemy?"

Peng San said: "If you want to fight, you must not be able to fight, and if you want to escape, it is not completely impossible." ”

Cao Duyun was overjoyed and said, "Mr. Peng San really has a way to escape, can you ask for advice!"

Peng San glanced around at the people around him with his triangular eyes, and said, "From now on, everyone on this ship is under my command Peng San, and I may have a way to let us escape." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone around him looked at each other, and the Zhengde Dao of "Shangqing Gate" said: "No, you are a husband, what kind of ability do you have, you will only be ashamed of your words, how can you command me and others!"

Hua Bushi said: "The so-called capable person is the teacher, this young master thinks that if Peng Sanye can take us to escape the pursuit of the pirate ship and let him command everyone, it is not impossible." ”

Daoist Zhengde snorted and said, "He is your person, you say so, but it is not so easy to listen to his orders!"

Cao Duyun said: "The Taoist chief's words are wrong, now that we are in danger, if Mr. Peng San has a countermeasure, he will have no objection to listening to his command of the younger brother." ”

Nangong Qi on the side said: "Brother Cao is reasonable, at such a very moment, he should obey the power in everything, and he also agrees to obey the command of Mr. Peng San." ”

Among the four principals on the ship, Cao Duyun, Nangong Qi and Hua Bushi all agreed, and even if the Zhengde Daoist was unwilling in his heart, he had no choice but to lower his head and stop talking.

But he heard Peng San say: "It's not enough for the guests on this ship to obey my command, all the sailors and crew must obey my orders, Steward Song, what do you think?"

Song Sichen was still hesitating, and Luo Zhong, the captain of the ship standing on the helm, had already spoken: "Third Brother Peng's ability to sail a boat is much stronger than Luo Zhong. ”