Daming pirates

Zhang Hu panted and boarded his boat with the help of his men. After slowly boarding the tall poop tower, he held on to the railing and one of his men brought a money bag to him.

He reached out and grabbed a handful of copper coins and broken silver from the money bag, raised his hand and sprinkled it towards the crowd of minions on the deck.

Copper coins and broken silver were scattered on the deck with a clanging sound. The gangsters immediately cheered and started looting with their buttocks raised. Looking at this scene, Zhang Hu felt a little proud.

He enjoyed this feeling of superiority very much. He felt a sense of pleasure in giving alms to his subordinates. After sprinkling a few handfuls in a row, he reached out and took the money bag, opened his throat and shouted loudly: "Brothers, listen carefully.

! Today I, Zhang Hu, am taking you out to do something again! Keep your spirits up, and don’t fucking embarrass me! Everyone has a share of this money!

If I don't get angry, they really don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has! Now even those young people dare to challenge our Shark Gang!

Today, let's go and do all the damn things that don't know the heights of the world. Let's see who dares not to listen to our Shark Gang's call. Let them all know who said it in Fuzhou.

Calculate!

As long as the brothers work hard for me, look carefully, this is a thousand taels of silver. After you come back, if you do well, I will reward you heavily. If you are greedy for life and afraid of death and escape in battle, I will chop your mother's ass off. Chop it up.

Go fish! Okay, point the cannon! Raise the sails and lift the anchor! Let’s go!”

As he said this, Zhang Hu asked someone to open a box, and a bunch of white silver coins were revealed inside, which immediately aroused another cheer from his minions.

And he raised his hand and poured down the money bag in his hand, and the copper coins and broken silver fell on the deck below. The jingling sound was really sweet, and once again made the men on his boat cheer for a long time.

A lot of fighting.

In Zhang Hu's eyes, this method is the most effective way to stimulate his subordinates to work hard for him. No amount of rhetoric can be as beneficial as money. Even though he is usually very stingy, when the time comes, he still understands

, if he wants his subordinates to sacrifice their lives for him, it won't work without some blood.

So he once again resorted to his old method, taking out a considerable amount of money and spreading it around to boost the morale of his subordinates. And now it seems that the effect is pretty good, at least for the subordinates who followed him out.

They were very excited, which gave him a sense of satisfaction.

Following his order, a roaring sound rang out from the Shark Gang dock on Nanri Island. The captains of each ship roared at their men to raise anchors and sails, and ships began to move in the bay one after another.

But Zhang Hu's ship is not easy to move. His ship is a very rare lucky ship among pirates. According to the classification of the Ming Dynasty navy, this ship is at least close to the main battleship of the navy.

The size of the No. 2 Fu Ship was used, with a tall hull and three masts. The ship was equipped with four large Folan guns and three Baizi guns, and there were two small Folan guns on the two sides.

In addition to the artillery, there were more than 60 men on his ship. The ship was also equipped with hundreds of rockets, fire bricks, several fire oil cans, 20 bows, 10 crossbows, and hundreds of swords, guns and other cold weapons.

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Such a ship is almost as good as the larger No. 2 Fu Ship currently used in the Ming Navy. Its combat effectiveness is only slightly weaker. But looking at fellow pirates in Fuzhou, this ship of his can be regarded as

A behemoth, second to none.

However, such a lucky ship has considerable shortcomings, that is, it moves relatively slowly. Although its speed is not slow, its flexibility is relatively poor. When it goes to sea to fight, other ships must cooperate with it.

After setting the anchor and raising the sail, it is very difficult for it to move by its own strength. When going out to sea, you need to use several sampans to drag it up and move it out of the bay before you can set sail.

In the past two years, this boat has rarely gone out to sea. Most of the time it has been parked in the bay. As a symbol of Zhang Hu, it is here to show off. Occasionally it will be taken out for activities. Normally, it will be taken down by a group of people to maintain it.

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But this time Zhang Hu is going to Tangyu Island, so he can no longer keep it at home. Even if it is used for show, it must look majestic, at least to make the enemies feel a sense of fear.

Moreover, the whole body of this ship is painted red, which makes it even more eye-catching on the sea. Its existence can be seen from a long distance. If ordinary people see it on the sea, they will avoid it from a distance.

Following Zhang Hu's order, more than a dozen Shark Gang boats surrounded his boat and gradually sailed out of the bay at the northwest corner of Nanri Island. After adjusting at sea, they sailed down the wind towards the pond.

Head towards the island.

The straight-line distance from Nanri Island to Tangyu Island is about forty miles. With smooth winds and smooth water, even if the boat speed is not too high, it takes half a day to reach Tangyu Island.

So before noon, the fleet of the Shark Gang, which was going smoothly, appeared on the sea south of Tangyu Island. The thieves who had been warned in advance also boarded the boat and went to sea in advance, and blocked the Shark Gang's boat.

The team’s path.

On the originally calm sea, more than 20 pirate ships suddenly gathered. Such scenes are really rare in Fuzhou. Just when they gathered on the southern sea of ​​Tangyu Island, a group of merchant ships appeared on the sea.

Fleet, this fleet of merchant ships saw so many pirate ships on the sea from a distance. They were so frightened that they quickly turned their sails and rudders and sped away.

Some of the boatmen on the ship were so frightened that their legs and feet were weak. They didn't know what was going on today. There were so many pirates on the sea. They all made up their minds. If the pirate ship caught up with them, they wouldn't even let go.

, Lima surrendered and was knocked down, and the rest was chopped into meat paste.

But then they discovered that these pirate ships paid no attention to them at all and allowed them to turn and flee. No ship came to chase them. This made them relieved and carefully observed them from a distance.

After taking a closer look, they discovered that these pirates were not one group. Most of them were the boats of the famous Shark Gang in this area, but the other group was a fleet put together by several groups of pirates, so they made guesses.

, what exactly do this large group of pirates want to do.

Before they could figure out what the pirates in this area wanted to do, the stewards on the ship hurriedly yelled at them to leave quickly and stop caring about what the pirates were doing. It was important for them to escape for their lives right now.

Although Zhang Hu felt a little proud when he set off, on the way out, his heart fell into uneasiness again.

It turns out that his Shark Gang was so powerful in the Fuzhou area more than a year ago. He has as many as 20 or 30 large ships of various types under his command. Including small boats, there are a total of 40 or 50, and his subordinates number more than a thousand.

People, even the imperial navy, did not dare to do anything to them. The government in Fuzhou was even more taboo about them and never took the initiative to cause trouble for them.

However, it had only been just over a year, and when he looked at the fleet that had first arrived with him, he saw that his strength had not improved in the past two years, but had actually declined greatly.

First, in the battle of Nangantang, he lost three boats. Then after Qian Song came back, he took the opportunity to attack Qian Song and Wang Hong, which made his men distracted. A few days ago, he sent He Guang with four boats to destroy Yu Hailang.

However, Roubaozi beat the dog and never came back. In the end, only one of the four boats returned.

The day before yesterday, he sent Fang An to bring six boats to rescue He Guang, but he has not come back yet. So this time he set out to Tangyu Island, but he could only bring out twenty boats, large and small, and only a few of them were worthy of a fight.

There are only twelve boats, and the rest are just some fishing boats that act as sentry boats. They are definitely not of much use in assisting in the battle. In this way, his strength is not necessarily much higher than those of his colleagues who oppose him.

In fact, Zhang Hu also knows very well that based on his strength, no one in the Fuzhou area can compete with him. However, once these colleagues are tied together to deal with him, the strength of these guys is not too weak.

The number of men and ships that Xi Minato pulled out was not necessarily much less than his.

So he secretly guessed that there would be nothing to talk about when he came to Tangyu Island this time. He could never give in and say that he had done something wrong. If that happened, his Shark Gang would no longer want to hang around in the future, so he said

He was invited to negotiate. In fact, to put it bluntly, those guys are here to fight with him face to face. If he wins, then he can continue to dominate the coastal areas of Fuzhou, but once he loses

What if?

When Zhang Hu thought of this, he quickly shook his head and drove the thought out of his mind. How could he lose? He is the overlord of the sea in Fuzhou. There is no way that he, Zhang Hu, would lose to a group of rabble!

Although he currently has a dozen or so ships available, he still has one left! Fang An also brought six ships. As long as Fang An can arrive as promised after the battle begins, he can determine the outcome of this battle.

When the time comes, he must let these blind guys see Zhang Hu's thunderous fury!

So Zhang Hu stood up, walked to the side of the ship, held his hands on the side of the ship, and looked toward the sea.

The weather on this day was pretty good, the sea was basically calm, there were only some thin clouds in the sky, and the sea water was rippling.

But after he stood up, he felt a little dizzy. He couldn't help but press the side of the boat hard. This situation made him speechless. How long had it been since he went to sea? In such a calm sea, he actually felt seasick again.

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In fact, he didn't know that in the past two years, he had gained a lot of weight due to overeating and eating, so he suffered from the rich man's disease. It was not caused by his seasickness, but because he was a little older and now had three high syndromes.

That’s all.

In the past few days, because of He Guang's affairs and the fact that he had to come to Tangyu Island for an appointment, he had not slept well for several days and nights. His blood pressure must have suddenly increased a lot. It would be strange if he didn't feel dizzy.

Seeing that he was getting more and more dizzy, Zhang Hu's mood became bad again. He quickly turned around and asked someone to help him, and went back to sit under the parasol. He unbuttoned his clothes and exposed his fat chest.

"***, why is it so hot! When will we arrive at Tangyu Island? Is there any movement ahead?" Zhang Hu cursed while asking someone to fan him.

His men quickly replied with a smile: "We are almost at Tangyu! There was a boat ahead that made smoke just now. It must be the sentinel boat of those bastards. I guess they should come out too!"

"Where is Fang An? Has the boat brought by Fang An appeared?" Zhang Hu thought of Fang An again and felt increasingly uneasy.