In response to the reaction of the Shuangyu pirates and the Dongying pirates, the Daming Sailor quickly issued a clear signal.
Before they could reach an effective attack, the fleet began to turn northwest, and it was clear that this was to get behind the pirates and intercept their retreat.
This group of pirates was nearly twice as numerous as the ships of the Shuangyu pirates, and the ships included the ships of the Anzhai and the customs of the country, as well as the merchant ships stolen from the coast of China, all kinds of things, but it was still easy to identify them, because even the Chinese-style merchant ships had their unique flags planted on them.
Their flags are like their ships, and they are also of all kinds, some are the Great Bodhisattvas of Hachiman, some are a line of Chinese characters "Da Da Da Wan Daji", "Disgusted with the filthy soil and seeking the soil", and "its swiftness is like the wind, its Xu is like a forest, the invasion is like fire, and the immobility is like a mountain".
In addition, some ships simply hung a family crest, judging from these flags, this large team of pirates with a unified banner, should be an operation organized by multiple groups of Japanese bands.
When Xia Xun ordered the fleet to go around the tail of the Japanese Invaders, he found that in the middle of the Japanese Invaders, there was a large ship called Ben An, and a family crest was hung on the ship, and the pattern on the family crest was very familiar, and it seemed to be exactly the same as the family crest on the handle of the sword he had captured on the seaside.
It's a pity that the knife didn't brought, and he usually only paid attention to the grace of the knife shape and the sharpness of the steel blade, and didn't pay too much attention to the pattern on the handle, which couldn't be compared for a while, but the pattern painted on the flag was much clearer than the one engraved on the handle, and he secretly paid attention to it, and kept the family pattern on the flag in mind.
"Oda-sama, the Ming army is going to join forces with pirates" On the ship, a Japanese servant stood on a high place, watching the movements of the Ming army, and reporting to their leader.
"Out of the battle, back home" A black-clothed samurai standing firmly on the bow of the ship calmly gave an order, and there was immediately a Japanese person next to him who objected: "Lord Oda, even if you add the warships of the Ming army, their number of ships is still less than ours, and we should defeat them." ” The black-clothed warrior who was in his thirties and had a calm demeanor smiled faintly and said disdainfully: "With these rabble, they can only fight a bad battle, once they are entangled, and the Ming army still has reinforcements, we will suffer a big loss."
At sea, they can't afford to entangle with us, they don't have to fight hard, drag them to death" "Yes, Oda-sama" Several of the Japanese in front of him obeyed their orders and issued orders one after another, and the Japanese ships began to break through before the Ming army and sailors formed an encirclement against them.
"Brother Yang, it seems that the ships of the officers and soldiers are here to help us, and they have copied the back road of the Japanese people."
A Dongyu pirate monkey climbed on the mast, watched the actions of the sailor, and reported to He Tianyang.
He Tianyang's expression moved, and he ordered: "Drag the file, don't let them run, but don't get too close, our ship must be able to guarantee that it can break away at any time, the officers and soldiers are not righteous, maybe even we will fight together." ” They had suffered Li Jinglong's losses, but they did not trust the officers and men very much.
The pirates, pirates, and sailors each had their own different flags, and Xia Xun naturally couldn't understand their flags, but he noticed that the order for the Japanese to retreat came from the house ship with the floral family pattern.
The ship was about seventeen or eight zhang long and about three zhang wide, and it was the largest of the ships of the group of pirates, and it was huge in size, and it was not far behind the naval warships, and the people on that ship were supposed to be the common leaders of this group of pirates.
"Fire" As soon as he saw that the Japanese were about to escape, Commander Luo deliberately showed off in front of the national prince, and the main battleship came out in response, diagonally approaching the warship of the Japanese invaders, and the four bowls on the starboard side roared together.
Luo Yu intended to kill, and ordered to use iron sand bombs, at this time, if the artillery was used to destroy the ship, it was really not as effective as the slapping rod of the giant ship, but the iron sand swept away, and the four bowls were fired together, and the killing effect was wonderful, and there was a scream when the Japanese ship boarded.
Immediately afterwards, the Ming warships were closer, muskets, handguns, fire attack arrows, fire forks, and magic arrows were splashed out as if they didn't cost money, and at this time the Ming warships had taxied to the side of the Japanese warships that had not been ravaged by the bowls, and these sharp firearms caused considerable damage to these Japanese warships.
Of course, the Japanese are also firing arrows, throwing guns, throwing tomahawks, which has also caused some damage to the Ming army, and at the same time they are still adjusting the sails to get closer, they fight at sea all the year round, if you talk about individual combat power, it is better than the Ming army's naval division, once you succeed in helping, you can change the disadvantage caused by inferior weapons and equipment.
But at this time, the wrestlers on the Ming warship had already shaken the fire thistle cannon, and the medicine twist of the fire thistle cannon was burning "snorting", and as soon as this large grenade was thrown onto the Japanese ship, the steel needle iron pieces flew everywhere in the explosion, and when they landed, they put down a piece again, and the Japanese people fell down one after another, looking for cover everywhere, and the attempt to fight by helping them failed.
The explosion of the thistle cannon is not enough, and it did not kill a few people, most of the Japanese are injured, but the injury is worse than the direct death, they have no medical treatment, and the sanitary conditions at sea are not good, and the lightly injured sometimes become inflamed and wait for death, not to mention the seriously injured, they will be coldly abandoned by the Japanese gang after they are crippled, even if they can return to the book alive, it can only drag the whole family into a more desperate life.
At this time, the pirates of Shuangyu Island were also taking the opportunity to pursue and kill and expand the results of the battle, but they still kept a cautious distance from the Ming army's sailors.
The large Ataka ship was relatively well armed, and under the protection of many Japanese ships, it quickly broke away from the battlefield and did not engage the Ming army directly.
Xia Xun saw the man in a black samurai suit standing at the bow of the boat from a distance, but he was still far away and couldn't see his face clearly, the man was also looking at him, the boat was getting farther and farther away, and the man never moved.
The short contact did not cause serious harm to the other party, Xia Xun had already seen that the other party had taken the initiative to break away from the battle, as a temporary patchwork gang, everyone was just a combination of interests, and the abandoned Japanese could only consider themselves unlucky, and it was impossible for others to sacrifice their strength in order to cover them.
At this moment, a strange situation formed on the surface of the sea, in the middle of which were several Japanese ships that had broken their masts or smashed their holds, and the Japanese on board stood in despair.
The Ming army sailors and the Shuangyu pirates each occupied one side, facing each other across the middle of the Japanese ships.
These two groups of men and horses cooperated in the battle, but they were not friendly forces, and they were stalemate there for a while, and the Ming army could not make any changes, so as not to cause misunderstanding on the other side, and the other party did not want to show weakness, so they retreated.
Seeing this, Xia Xun ordered: "Let a small boat go down, and I will meet them." ” Luo Yu was surprised: "Guogong, these pirates are just minions, they may not know that their big boss has been in contact with Guogong, and besides, the Duke of Guo's high position, even if he recruits An, he should go outside Shuangyu Island and let the leader of the thieves come on the boat to meet Guogong, how can Guogong make a dangerous and difficult situation." ” Xia Xun waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay, do as I tell you." ” Of course Xia Xun is not worried, aside from his relationship with Su Ying, his family is also on Shuangyu Island, in the past two years, a large number of fresh blood has been sent to his hidden dragon secret spy through Shuangyu Island, if the pirates on Shuangyu Island will not know his name joke.
Xu Hu, the big leader of Shuangyu Island, although he has not changed his banner publicly, is actually half of his subordinates now, and He Tianyang has also been allowed by Xu Hu, and is now his person, but he has been staying on the island to help Ziqi and Xie Xie train secret spies for him, Xia Xun does not expect that there will be any risks.
Luo Yu couldn't fight anymore, so he had to order someone to prepare a small boat for Xia Xun, and he was engrossed in directing the ships to prepare for battle in case of accidents.
At this time, the Japanese in the middle of the two fleets became a group of people who were ignored, most of their ships were damaged, and those whose masts were broken and could not move could still survive for the time being, and those who smashed through the bilge sea water and bubbled in because the wound was too large to be blocked, and had begun to sink, and those Japanese had to jump into the water in embarrassment and swim to other Japanese ships.
"Don't be reckless, see what they're going to do" Seeing that the imperial court sailor put down a small boat, rowed an arc under the escort of two centipede speedboats, bypassed those lonely boats that stayed in place, and approached them, He Tianyang immediately restrained the stupidity of his subordinates, and stared at the person standing proudly on the bow of the boat.
The man was not wearing a military uniform, he wore a horned hat on his head, a crimson collar right shirt, a jade belt around his waist, and a unicorn embroidered on the front of his shirt.
The more He Tianyang looked, the more strange he became, when he played the prince of the mountain, he stayed in Jinling City for more than a year, and he had seen a lot of characters in the officialdom The boat moved quickly, seeing that it was near, Xia Xun had stopped the centipede boat from accompanying him, only making the leaf boat come alone, He Tianyang looked at it again, and couldn't help but sigh, and shouted in surprise: "Quick, hurry, put down the soft ladder, no, no, no, what about the hanging ladder, move the hanging ladder."
The pirates didn't know why He Tianyang was so grand, but He Tianyang was now the number one boss on Shuangyu Island, and since he ordered it to come down, everyone just obeyed their orders, and his subordinates immediately went to carry the suspension ladder over and hung it on the side of the ship.
When the boat arrived at the side of the boat, it was parked next to the suspension ladder, Xia Xun reached out and grabbed the handrail, and then boarded the boat.
Xia Xun boarded the boat, and as soon as he stood still, He Tianyang took two steps back, knelt down with a big salute, and said loudly: "Humble He Tianyang, meet your lord." ” To be continued: