Daming pirates

Going to sea in this season is a hard job, but everyone on the boat is still in high spirits, especially the newly recruited trainees. They are all working hard and intend to work hard and strive for merit as soon as possible.

Changed his job to become a regular member of the Sea Wolves.

The former tribesmen under Zhou Cheng and now under Yu Xiaotian have gradually calmed down and have begun to adapt to Yu Xiaotian's management style. In their opinion, although Yu Xiaotian is strict,

However, they treated these subordinates with both leniency and severity. They were both strict and caring, and they were not cruel. They were definitely not like Zhou Cheng who tortured them at every turn. Therefore, compared with the group of people who came from Dongshan Village, they now

More adaptable to this kind of life on board.

Even though the weather at sea is very cold, the people on the boat still insist on bringing in sea water every day and cleaning the boat carefully, making everything on their boat look clean and tidy, and it looks very comfortable.

Now Yu Xiaotian no longer has to worry about the health issues on the ship. After some rectification by him, his group of people have become accustomed to a clean life, and there will be one person on the ship every day to serve as a full-time star officer.

Responsible for inspecting the health of all parts of the ship and supervising the discipline of the sailors on the ship, Yu Xiaotian became more relaxed at the helm. This is the advantage of establishing a system.

However, hunting on the sea is not an easy task. Although there were many merchants doing smuggling business on the sea at this time, compared with the sea trade in later generations, the sea in this era was still quite empty.

For a long time no ships were seen.

After two days of hunting, they only encountered a fleet near the south entrance of Haitan Strait. However, when they got closer, they found that this fleet actually had six ships moving together, and they were very close to each other.

Nearby, they put on a prepared posture, which was not a prey that pirates of their strength could eat, so Yu Xiaotian could only drool and let the fleet pass.

Seeing that there was no bargain to be made in this area, Yu Xiaotian ordered to turn south and try his luck again.

But in the afternoon, the wind and waves on the sea suddenly became stronger. For a larger boat like theirs, it was nothing, but for the small fishing boat led by Luo Xianbin in front, the wind and waves were a bit too big.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian considered the safety of Luo Xianbin and others, so he had to order to temporarily go to a nearby island to take shelter from the wind.

The coastline in this area is very tortuous, and there are many large and small islands along the coast. Although there are many sheltered places, there are also many things like reefs. When the wind and waves are strong, no one is familiar with sailing in this area.

If the people in this area are leading the channel, if you are not careful, you may be in danger of running aground on the rocks.

When traveling in this area, even an old seafarer like Liu Laoliu can't say that he can guarantee everything. Fortunately, they brought a few of Zhou Cheng's men on board this time. One of them, a guy named Zhang Xiao, is

The helmsman on Zhou Cheng's ship was relatively familiar with this area.

Under his guidance, there was a small harbor on a nearby island, which was suitable for temporary shelter from the wind, so he took the boat and sailed towards that island.

The wind and waves on the sea were getting bigger and bigger, and some people who had just boarded the boat began to get seasick. The boat was heaving up and down in the waves. Sometimes it was thrown to the top of the waves, and sometimes it fell heavily to the bottom of the waves, which made everyone on the boat feel a little agitated.

If you can't stand firmly, you can only use your hands to hold the side of the ship or pull on the rope, or simply tie yourself to the mast with a rope to fix it, in order to control your body shape.

Yu Xiaotian was very worried about the boat Luo Xianbin was on, fearing that their boat would not be able to withstand such storms and that if something happened, they would not even have a chance to rescue them.

Fortunately, the guys on the boat brought by Luo Xianbin had been running on the sea all year round. They were quite experienced in dealing with such wind and waves. After lowering half of the sail and lowering the center of gravity of the ship, it bumped up and down in the wind and waves without any problems.

There was some serious danger, but everyone's clothes were soaked by the sea water, and everyone was shivering with cold.

After sailing for more than half an hour, they finally saw the island that Zhang Xiao pointed to and the harbor on the island that provided shelter from the wind. So amidst the cheers of the crowd, Liu Laoliu personally steered the boat.

The small boat with Luo Xianbin sailed towards the bay.

But when they arrived outside the bay, Yu Xiaotian looked up and was shocked, because he suddenly discovered that before they arrived, three boats had actually gotten into the place, and with his paragraph

Based on the experience accumulated over time, these three ships are all merchant ships operating on the sea.

At this time, Yu Xiaotian didn't know whether to be happy or worried. It felt like a blind cat hit a dead mouse. They had been running for almost three days, but they found nothing. Unexpectedly, they encountered this strong wind and forced them to

Looking for a place to take shelter from the wind, I bumped into these three big fish.

According to their strength, if they encountered these three boats on the sea, they would not necessarily bite them. But now that the wind and waves have forced them here, they have no choice.

Zhang Xiao, who was following Yu Xiaotian, also saw the three boats in the bay. He seemed a little surprised and asked Xiaotian worriedly: "Helmsman! What should we do?"

Yu Xiaotian spat into the sea, gritted his teeth and said, "What to do? Cold! Can we still turn around and leave now? Go in and take shelter from the wind first!"

Under the operation of Liu Laoliu and the others, their boat sailed directly into the bay. Luo Xianbin's boat followed closely and broke into the bay together.

And their appearance immediately disturbed the three merchant ships that had sailed into the bay in advance. Only the figures of people on the three ships were seen shaking, and many boatmen started running back and forth on the ships.

Although Yu Xiaotian has not ordered their signature sea wolf flag to be hoisted at this time, an experienced boatman can still basically determine their identity if they take a closer look. Generally, even a merchant ship of their size can be

A few of the guards on board the ship, that is

A dozen or so people is considered to be a lot, and merchant ships generally try their best to distribute goods, whether they are going south or north, and try not to make empty trips in order to earn more money, so the ships that appear in this area, as long as they are

Merchant ships sailing across the sea are basically never empty.

As for Yu Xiaotian's ship, there were at least twenty or thirty people on the deck alone at the moment, and it was still unloaded. The hull had a shallow draft, was fast, and the sails were also deliberately enlarged.

Increase the speed of the ship, and such characteristics will illustrate their identity. Even if the flag is not hoisted, their identity can basically be judged at close range. At the very least, they can be guessed that they are inseparable.

So as soon as they appeared, the people on the three merchant ships that had come to take shelter in the bay in advance became panicked and ran back and forth on the ships, obviously making preparations.

Yu Xiaotian couldn't care about them at the moment. After taking the boat into the bay, he anchored and parked the boat at the entrance of the bay, blocking the mouth of the bay. The small fishing boat brought by Luo Xianbin also parked next to the main ship.

Not far away.

The wind and waves on the sea are getting bigger and bigger, and even the waves in the bay are not too small. Several boats are rising and falling in the waves, and there is a tense atmosphere in the air.

The soldiers headed by Mad Meng all dressed up one by one. During this time, they purchased some southern buffalo hides from the Li family. Although the leather is not as strong as the northern yellow cow hide, raw buffalo hide is also very hard and can still be used.

Made into leather armor to provide the user with a certain level of protection.

So using this time to build the stronghold, Yu Xiaotian ordered one of his subordinates who had learned the craft of a cobbler for a few days to cut and sew these raw buffalo hides into more than a dozen pieces of upper body leather armor for the soldiers who did the rough work.

use.

The craftsmanship of this half-assed leatherworker is very poor. The leather armor he made is very crude and ugly. It doesn't even have arm guards. It only protects the main torso part of the body. Because the leather is relatively hard, it doesn't feel very comfortable after wearing it.

Comfortable, but it is undeniable that these buffalo leather armors still provide a certain degree of protection.

At least the light arrows fired from medium and long distances will no longer easily cause harm to people, and the iron sand from long distances can also be used as a defense to reduce the damage to the human body.

Therefore, the soldiers were still very satisfied with this crude leather armor, which also made them feel safer when doing it, and undoubtedly made them more courageous to some extent.

As for the iron armor, Yu Xiaotian has not considered it at all for the time being. After all, they are working on the water, and they may fall into the sea sometimes. Although wearing iron armor improves their defense, it is heavy and makes it difficult for them to move.

It is easy to fall into the sea water when the wearer falls into the water. Once he falls into the water, the heavy armor will immediately plunge the wearer into the water and drown him alive. He will not even have time to take off the armor.

In addition to the soldiers who took advantage of this moment to start preparing, the rest of the crew members were also not idle. They also distributed weapons and handed them into everyone's hands. If necessary, they would also follow the soldiers.

Help in the battle.

Because of the limited strength of the hull, although they now have four cannons, when Yu Xiaotian went to sea, they still only installed two cannons on the ship, and the remaining two were temporarily placed in the stockade.

It is used as a defensive weapon, so now two cannons are placed at the bow and stern of the ship, one behind the other.

Liu Tong also led people to load the cannons at this time, just to be ready to fire at the three merchant ships in the bay at any time, preparing to capture them. As for the other firearms such as firecrackers on the ships, they were also loaded.

Just wait for a while after the wind stops, and then start taking action.

Everyone was gearing up and staring at the three merchant ships in the bay. They didn't need to hang out their sea wolf flags at this time, and they had already identified themselves.

But God was not very kind. At this season, it actually rained at night. The originally planned robbery had to be postponed because of the rain.

Cold rain fell from the sky, and soon the rain became heavier and heavier. On this cold day, it was not pleasant to be soaked in water. The conditions on the ship were limited, with only a few sets of raincoats and a few ponchos made of oilcloth.

So Yu Xiaotian looked at the sky and sighed, so he had to order some personnel on duty to stay on the ship and cancel the war preparation. The rest went down to the cabin to take shelter from the rain, which saved some people from freezing.

It rained all night on the sea, and when dawn came, raindrops continued to fall from the sky. All night long, all the people on the boat who took shelter in the bay could be said to have stayed up all night, just waiting for this long time.

Spent a long night.

Seeing that the rain began to subside and the sky gradually became brighter, the sea wolves once again began to poke their heads out of the cabin and once again began to prepare for action.