Ming Zuo

The pirates who pursued Guan Zhao and the others were undoubtedly the Zheng family.

On the eight pirate ships, Zheng Hongkui's eyes shone with a cruel light.

"Want to escape? Can you escape? On the seas of the East, if you don't follow my order from Mr. Zheng, you will die."

Seeing that the three merchant ships were close at hand, as long as they rushed up to fight the boarding battle, they would be able to win a big victory, Zheng Hongkui was gearing up.He has already started to figure out how much of the stolen goods he left for himself.

At this moment, he saw a cloud of white smoke suddenly rising from the leading merchant ship.

Immediately afterwards, a deafening roar exploded beside him.

A round black spot in the sky magnified like lightning and hit the nearby boat heavily.

It was a Haicang boat, and there were dozens of pirates from the Zheng family on it, all of whom were brave and skilled fighters.

But it is a pity that under the bombardment of shells, no matter how brave people are, they are useless.

Amidst the loud noise of the sky falling apart, the Haicang boat didn't even hold on for a moment, it disintegrated and shattered.

Zheng Hongkui jumped up and looked across in disbelief.

He suddenly noticed that something seemed wrong.

Without giving him much time to think, the other two merchant ships also roared.

Although the shell missed, the rising waves caused the two ships beside him to deviate from their course and collide with each other.

Just to separate, the two ships took a lot of time.

Zheng Hongkui never imagined that all the three merchant ships on the opposite side had cannons, and they were all bronze cannons.

The boats on the Zheng family's side are all old Fran cannons, and their performance can't be compared with the bronze cannons at all.

But they came out pretending to be pirates, so naturally it was impossible to show all their skills.

As a result, it was now bombarded by bronze artillery, and a ship was lost immediately.

"Rush up, kill these bastards, and grab those cannons."

Mrs. Zheng bought a lot of bronze cannons from Xia Guo, and she was already very familiar with the performance of this weapon, and she coveted it even more.

Now that he has a chance to capture it, Zheng Hongkui is even more motivated to fight.

He didn't think much of it.

After all, the bronze cannon was cast by Xia Guo, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with selling it to merchants for armed defense.

In such a short time, the boats on both sides got closer.

The Fran cannons on Zheng's ship roared one after another, finally hitting the target.

The last merchant ship was hit by two shells one after another, and two large holes were punched out in the side.

Fortunately, the location of the shot was above the water surface, and the sea water did not flow back, so it did not affect the navigation.

Many people were killed on board, but they couldn't care about anything at this time.

The people on the merchant ship fought back desperately, and even played the momentum of a naval battle.

At a distance of less than two hundred meters, the advantage of the bronze cannon's range could not be brought into play at all, so it had nothing to do with Zheng's Frang cannon.

But the power of the two guns is not on the same level.

The merchant ship has suffered a lot of shells, as long as it is not below the waterline, it still does not affect its operation.However, as long as Zheng's ship was hit by a bronze cannon, it would be immediately paralyzed on the spot.

If it weren't for the seven pirate ships from the east also coming up for reinforcements, Zheng Hongkui's side would probably be at a disadvantage.

Seeing that the encirclement was about to be completed, Zheng Hongkui picked up his sword.

He swore that if he caught the people on board, he would cut off their hands and feet, tie them to ropes and throw them into the sea to feed the sharks.

If you don't do this, it will be difficult to dispel the hatred in your heart.

Guan Zhao's pressure doubled at this time, and he had to deal with enemies on both sides.But he knew that he couldn't run anymore at this time, otherwise he wouldn't be able to buy time for the Dutchman.

He had no choice but to let the ships fight back desperately, trying to delay Zheng's approach.

It's a pity that the bronze artillery is not Xia Jun's own weapon after all. There is no blasting bomb, and the power is too weak.

A pirate ship of the Zheng family avoided the artillery fire from the front and rammed into it, stopping Guan Zhao's ship on the spot.

The pirates took out their claws one after another, fixed the two ships firmly together, and then began to climb towards this side.

What these pirates like most is hand-to-hand combat.

They have a large number of people and powerful martial arts, as long as they fight, they will undoubtedly win.

However, the moment the pirates at the front jumped onto the merchant ship, the roar of muskets was like frying beans, and the group of people were swept away at that time.

Then came the second wave of firearms.

None of the pirates on that ship could gain a foothold on the merchant ship, and all of them were killed.

Zheng Hongkui's expression changed suddenly, and he finally realized something was wrong.

It is nothing if these merchant ships have muskets and artillery for self-defense.

Many merchant ships in this era are actually armed, otherwise it would be difficult to survive on the sea.

But the number of muskets far exceeds the norm, which is not in line with common sense.

He didn't allow him to think clearly, just behind them, the roar of artillery was connected into pieces.

Dozens of water jets surged in Zheng's queue.

Two more ships were shot one after another, their masts were interrupted, and they spun around directly on the water.

Zheng Hongkui looked back in astonishment.

When he saw that it was a Western battleship, and the flag on the mast was a red cross on a white background, he secretly groaned.

"Retreat! Retreat immediately!"

At this moment, Zheng Hongkui finally understood everything.

For the current plan, the only way to escape is to avoid annihilation of the entire army.

The situation suddenly reversed. It was no longer the Zheng family's pirates besieging the merchant ships, but the merchant ships united with the Dutch warships to pursue Zheng's pirates.

On the wide sea, when the Dutch warship joined the battle, Zheng Hongkui faced an extremely dangerous situation.

Zheng's ship couldn't outrun the Galen battleship at all.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, if this continues, sooner or later they will be bitten.

Zheng Hongkui's eyes were scarlet, and he ordered decisively.

He made the two Haicang ships turn around immediately, turned around to intercept the Dutch warship, and bought time for the brigade to retreat.

The pirates of the Zheng family were still very determined to carry out the order.

The two Haicang boats knew that they were bound to die, so they turned around resolutely.

When they die, their families will be taken care of by Mrs. Zheng, so they don't have to worry about life problems.

Because of the desperate interception of the two Haicang ships, the Dutch warship finally slowed down.He could only watch Zheng Hongkui go far away, and finally disappeared on the sea level.

Guan Zhao's side began to attack the Zheng's warship that had lost power.

As long as it does not surrender, it will be bombarded with artillery.

As a result, these Zheng's pirates were also ruthless enough. Seeing no hope of escape, they ignited the explosives on the ship and turned into balls of flames on the sea surface. No one surrendered.

The Zheng family formed a pirate group with the village as the link, so it is very cohesive.

These pirates knew very well that once they fell into the hands of the enemy, they would betray the fate of their loved ones.

Therefore they would rather die than surrender.