Daming pirates

Just when Yu Xiaotian was leading his troops in the east of Nanyue Island, waiting for the arrival of Mr. Chu Cai, Liu Laoliu, who had stayed in Langxue to look after the house in early February, suddenly sent people to the camp in the east of the island and told Yu Xiaotian,

It is said that one of Chu Cai's old men came and brought a boat to Nanyue Island Wolf's Cave and asked to see Yu Xiaotian.

When Yu Xiaotian heard the news, he couldn't help but feel very surprised, because what he was waiting for now was not that Mr. Chu Cai sent someone to negotiate with him, but that he was waiting for Mr. Chu Cai to make a big move, and wanted to take this opportunity to give Mr. Chu Cai a chance.

He showed off his power and made Sea Wolf famous in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, according to what he had previously found out about Mr. Chu Cai’s character, when he first debuted, Mr. Chu Cai had a heroic surname and was good at making friends. He was also generous with money and was tactful and considerate in doing things. Therefore, among his colleagues, he quickly became famous.

He established a wide range of personal connections, which quickly grew, attracting many pirates to defect to him, and within a few years, he became a giant pirate on the sea.

However, over the years, Chu Cailao's temperament has gradually changed as his strength has expanded. From the bold and chivalrous nature before, he has become a bit headstrong and arrogant.

Moreover, he has also become a bit narrow-minded and will retaliate. Due to his strength and strength in numbers, it is no longer as easy for him to meet some of his colleagues around him as before. As long as someone is slightly unfavorable to him, he likes to use his power to suppress others.

Use force to solve the problem, either to kill those who offended him, or to force them to submit and surrender to him.

Moreover, when he led his men to plunder, his methods became more and more cruel. In the past, he would pick some wealthy households to attack. Now, once he lands on the shore, regardless of men, women, or children, he will kidnap them all as long as there is room on the ship. His men are everywhere.

Nowadays, even fishermen don’t dare to go fishing without setting foot in these places. This person is extremely destructive to coastal areas. In the past, his colleagues in the surrounding area were willing to deal with him, but now everyone talks about him in disgrace.

Can't avoid it.

This time, he sent a smuggling fleet to massively harass Chu Cai Lao's ships in retaliation for Chu Cai Lao's unruly killing and looting of goods on his Sea Wolf merchant ship. He also deliberately spread the news that he was responsible for this incident a year ago, with a very serious purpose.

Simple, I just plan to have a head-on fight with this guy. One is to test his current strength through this fight and whether it is appropriate for him to lead the troops like this. The other purpose is to use this battle with Chu Cailao.

, display his majesty as a sea wolf, and use his name to become famous.

However, he did not expect that Chu Cai Lao did not let him get what he wanted this time. The large-scale invasion he expected did not happen at all. Instead, he sent one of his men to bring a boat over, which seemed to mean that he wanted to talk to him first.

The leaders who were training at the temporary camp in the east of the island were greatly discouraged when they heard the news. They couldn't help but cursed one by one, calling Mr. Chu Cai a rotten chicken. After holding it in for so long, he actually fell asleep.

What a softie!

Yu Xiaotian waved his hand to let the men who reported the news go down first. He touched his chin and pondered for a while, then smiled at Wang Hong and others: "It seems that Mr. Chu Cai is not an impulsive person. We think of him too simply."

Point! He didn't dare to be as arrogant as we thought, but he still saw something, so he didn't do what we wanted, and rushed over with his men aggressively!

If my prediction is correct, he sent people here this time, firstly, to explore our reality, and secondly, to give us a courtesy before attacking!

In this case, you don't have to be disappointed. What is supposed to come will always come. If we beat him like this, I don't believe that Chu Cai Lao can bear this breath. Now so many people already know that the ghost ship that attacked him is

He was sent out by us. If he doesn't regain some dignity, who will care about Mr. Chu Cai in the future?

I went to meet the envoy he sent first to see what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd. In short, I won’t let him get what he wants. If Chu Cai Lao can’t get what he wants, he will always come back.

You won’t have been busy for so long in vain!

Wang Hong, Ma Xiao..."

When Wang Hong and Ma Xiao heard their names being called by Yu Xiaotian, they immediately bowed and clasped their fists together and said, "My subordinates are here!"

"I have a job here. You two can take care of it for me for the time being. Brothers have worked hard these days. I will let you all rest for two days tomorrow, change clothes, and improve the food. I am not here. You continue to practice. For now

The fleet's cooperation is still a little rough, and each ship's response to the command flag order is not fast enough, so it is easy for unexpected chaos to occur during war!

In addition, the level of boating on each ship and the level of training of the brothers on the ship are uneven. Many brothers on the ship still need to improve. Don’t think that we are already great now! Don’t be complacent. Tomorrow you will be in Hong Kong

The blue and blue sides each select a boat with the best performance and give it a reward!

These two ships can be awarded the Pioneer Flag! Each ship will be rewarded with two hundred taels of silver and one vacation during the year! As a token of recognition, I hope everyone will encourage us!"

Wang Hong and Ma Xiao immediately clasped their fists after hearing the order and said: "I take the order!"

Wang Hong turned around and became happy, and said to the others: "Chu Cai is always a softie, it doesn't matter if we take a break first, good things come in a long way! If not tomorrow, everyone can take a breather! Tomorrow night I, Wang Lao San, will

I’ll use my own money to treat you all to drinks! The brothers want to reward you!”

Everyone laughed after hearing this.

The person Chu Cai sent to see Yu Xiaotian was none other than his Master Zhou. This Master Zhou had set off from Dongshan Island by boat a few days ago, headed towards Nanyue Island, and stopped at Kinmen Island on the way.

I went to Shopkeeper Xiao's subordinates and learned in detail about the battle they had with three ghost ships in the eastern waters of Kinmen Island that day.

In addition, when we arrived in Quanzhou, we stopped for a while, found a few local merchants, and inquired about the sea wolf. After doing enough homework, we sailed to Nanyue Island.

As soon as his boat appeared in the waters around Meizhou Bay, it was immediately spotted by the Sea Wolf patrol boat. As soon as his boat entered the waters around Cormorant Island, it was immediately stopped by the Sea Wolf patrol boat.

This was the first time Master Zhou saw the Sea Wolf Tribe. When he saw the Sea Wolf Tribe in uniform uniforms, and these Sea Wolf Tribes were all in their prime, they all looked like a dragon or a tiger.

, and there was a proud look on his face, which was a huge difference in temperament compared to other colleagues he had seen.

He has also met many officers and soldiers and even navy officers and soldiers, but after searching through the colleagues and officers and soldiers in his impression, he could not find one that could compare with these Sea Wolf tribe members. If we talk about the Sea Wolf tribe

If they are still thieves, he is a bit afraid to agree, because although these people are committing thieves, they are more like soldiers when advancing and retreating. Even compared with the most elite officers and soldiers in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, they are

Not inferior either.

This greatly surprised Master Zhou. After corroborating the rumors he had heard, he felt that this sea wolf was really extraordinary.

The Sea Wolf patrol boat that blocked his boat was a small bird boat. This kind of boat is mostly used for short-distance transportation or as a large fishing boat along the coast. It can travel relatively fast under a light load and can withstand a certain degree of wind and waves.

, so it is also a kind of ship that pirates like to use. Among sea wolves, this kind of ship is small in size and not strong enough in combat effectiveness, but it has certain advantages in speed, so it is used as a patrol ship and is mainly responsible for patrolling the sea.

The sea areas and waterways controlled by wolves generally do not participate in important wars.

This type of ship has not been incorporated into the three major fleets. Instead, a patrol fleet of more than 20 ships has been organized separately from the three major fleets, and is used for patrolling in various waterways.

Therefore, the armament of this kind of ship is average, and it is not uniformly equipped with new artillery like the main warships. This is not because Yu Xiaotian is reluctant to install new cannons on these ships, but because the hull structure of these ships is thin, even if it is

Even if they are modified and strengthened, it will be difficult to withstand the recoil of the new guns. If they are forcibly replaced, these ships will probably only have one or two chances to fire. After a few shots are fired, the hull will basically crack and disintegrate on its own.

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Therefore, it is impossible to install new cannons on these patrol ships. However, in order to enhance their force, many old cannons that have been removed are installed on these ships.

The Sea Wolf patrol boat that stopped Master Zhou's ship was equipped with four muskets on both sides of the deck. A small platform was also strengthened at the bow of the ship, and a No. 3 Furlong machine gun was installed.

That is to say, it is a slightly lighter Franco machine gun that weighs more than 100 kilograms. It is relatively more powerful than the smaller Franco machine gun. You are interested in the rate of fire of this gun, which is suitable for close combat.

At that time, the power was not too small, and some ships were even equipped with six bowl-mouth blunderbuss or hundred-gun blunderbuss. This kind of force was quite sufficient to deal with ordinary armed merchant ships.

Moreover, although these cannons are considered to be second-line obsolete artillery among the Sea Wolves, the retained cannons have been carefully selected and can basically guarantee the safety of use, and when reinstalled, they can still be used.

The inner bores of some of the guns were carefully polished and bored to make them safer.

Such a number of artillery pieces is not inferior even to that of some navy warships. Who makes Seawolf rich enough to play with such a guy now?

After Master Zhou revealed his identity, there was no conflict between the two parties. Master Zhou also made it clear that he would go to Nanyue Island this time to represent Chu Cailao to meet Yu Xiaotian, the head of the Sea Wolf, so the road that stopped him

The patrol boat did not embarrass them and directly "escorted" them to Nanyue Island.

On the way, Master Zhou carefully observed the sea wolf patrol boat that was monitoring him. Of course, he was very familiar with this kind of bird boat. What he was most concerned about was whether there was the kind of bird boat he was worried about on board the sea wolf.

Red barbarian cannon.

When the two sides were approaching just now, Sea Wolf's patrol ship was on high alert. All the gun jackets on the ship's guns were uncovered. Moreover, after learning that this ship was Chu Cailao's ship, the Sea Wolf men on board were always on guard against them.

They maintained a state of alert and did not relax their vigilance, so the gun jackets of the ship's artillery were not covered again.

This also gave Master Zhou an opportunity to observe it at close range. After observing it carefully, Master Zhou felt a little relieved, but at the same time he was a little worried.

Because according to his observation, the Sea Wolf's ship was not equipped with the kind of red barbarian cannon that he was worried about. In his opinion, this was good news. At least it meant that Sea Wolf did not have enough red barbarian cannons to equip all his ships. He did not know that these patrol ships of Sea Wolf were not equipped with new cannons, not because they could not afford them, but because the hull structure restricted their use of new cannons, but he mistakenly thought that Sea Wolf did not have enough Hongyi cannons.

But what worries him is that this bird boat is not a good boat in itself, and it is not even a big boat. However, the Sea Wolf is like a rich man, with six or seven doors installed on such a small boat. All kinds of "cannons", although these cannons are not very good things, but if they are placed with them, even if it is Chu Cai's big fortune ship, that is, if this bird ship is forced to install three or four more guns, it will be useless at best. It's just a little bit bigger than the cannon installed.

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