Daming pirates

At this time, the merchant ship also realized that something was wrong. It recognized that the ship heading towards them must be a pirate ship, so it quickly adjusted its sails and rudder, and began to flee like a desperate man.

This merchant ship is a small two-masted fuchuan-style vessel. The hull is also relatively old. The sails are basically in tatters and have many patches. It can be seen that it is a merchant ship that has been on the sea for a long time. The hull maintenance is also average.

, so when they discovered that Yu Xiaotian and his group had bad intentions, it was not easy for them to immediately turn around and try to escape.

The two sides then started a chase on the sea. The bottom of Yu Xiaotian's ship had just been cleaned and the sails had been repaired. All functions were basically in good condition at the moment. In addition, they were under light load, so the ship's speed was

It was slightly higher than the merchant ship and was in an advantageous position during the chase.

But that merchant ship was obviously not easy to encounter. Although their ship had a deeper draft, the boatman's boatmanship skills were good. They were caught up by Yu Xiaotian's ship several times. They were able to make good use of the wind to adjust their direction, accelerate and swerve.

Drive a pirate ship to chase them.

As a result, Yu Xiaotian and the new sea wolves tried to get close to them several times, but they were successfully shaken off. Everyone on the ship was so angry that they yelled and cursed, but for a while they couldn't do anything about the merchant ship. They could only drink under Liu Laoliu's orders.

Amidst the scolding, the sailors followed Hu Cheng and hurriedly adjusted the sails and rudders, and continued to chase the merchant ship.

Yu Xiaotian watched coldly as the men on the ship were busy working, and did not scold them. Instead, he temporarily handed over the power to command and operate the ship to the experienced Liu Laoliu. This situation was what he expected.

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These guys have just been familiar with their ship for a short time, and they haven't been able to work together to control it skillfully. When they encounter such a merchant ship that has been making a living at sea for a long time, they want to catch up with it.

It was impossible to build a boat, so he was happy to let these people suffer first. He knew how good they were, so he simply stood at the bow of the boat and ignored them, just staring ahead.

That merchant ship.

The entire chasing process lasted for half a day, and it was not until almost noon that they approached the merchant ship again, and the distance between the two parties was reduced to about 100 meters.

Yu Xiaotian then ordered to prepare for the battle, and ordered the four soldiers including Heitou at the bow of the ship to start loading ammunition for the large bowl-mouth gun. He also ordered the archers and fire gunners to prepare.

After a lot of busy work, the soldiers finally finished loading the large-mouthed muskets. The rest of the personnel also made preparations and started shouting at the merchant ship in front of them, asking them to stop the ship immediately and spare their lives.

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But the merchant ship was unmoved by their threat and continued to adjust its sails and rudder, trying to get rid of them again, but this time they failed because the sea wolves had some experience in maneuvering ships by now.

As soon as the other party adjusted the sails, they also quickly adjusted the sails, anticipating the other party's actions in advance, and turned the rudder to continue to stick to the other party's ship, making this operation unsuccessful.

Yu Xiaotian was more or less satisfied. He picked up a temporary loudspeaker made of wooden boards and shouted at the merchant ship: "People on the opposite ship, listen carefully! We are sea wolves! I'm looking out for you today."

Come on! You can't run away. I only want money and not kill people. As long as you stop the ship and let us pick up the goods, I will let you go! If not, don't blame me for being rude!"

He had a loud voice, and with the help of this wooden speaker, the roar spread far away, ensuring that the other party could clearly hear his threats.

However, the other party still did not drop the sails and stop the ship, but turned the rudder again and tried to escape towards the sea. Liu Laoliu cursed from the stern: "***! There is Pinghai Village in front of them, they want to escape to Pinghai Village! They can't!

Be polite to them!"

Yu Xiaotian was also a little angry at this moment. After all, this was the first time they came out to rob. Although he also knew that the level of his group was limited, he still thought it was best to succeed, otherwise it might affect their group.

People have confidence in the future, so he is not polite now.

While keeping an eye on the fleeing merchant ship in front of him, he began to take action himself, helping Heitou and others adjust the mount of the bowl-mouth gun, trying to aim more accurately.

The bowl-mouth gun is an old-fashioned artillery piece with a very short effective range, a small charge, and no sight or crosshair for aiming. The gun mount is also very difficult to adjust, so it is mostly used to scare people at sea.

, expecting him to sink the enemy ship, Yu Xiaotian did not have such extravagant hope.

Seeing that the distance between the two parties was getting closer, the other party started to panic a little now. Someone was lying on the stern of the boat and shouted at them: "I am the Zhao family of Fuzhou! I have a relationship with the head of the Mada family of Nanri Island.

Yes! I came here today and offended you all. Isn’t it my fault? You’d better show your noble hands and let us pass! There are thirty taels of silver here. If you guys can show your face, take it. It’s a courtesy to the heroes.

Our filial piety! I hope you guys will show your respect!"

Yu Xiaotian already knew the rules, but he was not interested in the thirty taels of silver. What he needed now was a successful ship robbery to boost the morale and confidence of his men, so he picked up a wooden trumpet and shouted loudly

Said: "Stop talking nonsense! I don't care who you are or who you know! I have to decide on the goods on your ship today. Stop the ship quickly, or I will fire!"

When the boat on the other side heard that the negotiation had failed, it stopped replying and tried to get away from them again. The two boats just snaked back and forth on the sea, constantly crossing each other.

Yu Xiaotian visually inspected that the distance between the enemy and the enemy had shortened to about fifty meters, and then he loudly ordered his men to fire the cannon. Blackhead was so courageous that he picked up a torch and put it at the fire door of the bowl-mouth gun on the bow of the ship.

Yu Xiaotian subconsciously flashed and blocked his ears, waiting for the gun to roar. But when he turned around, he saw a puff of white smoke rising from the gun door, but there was nothing as expected.

There was a roar, and his face immediately elongated. It turned out that after they fired this shot, it turned out to be a squib. Yu Xiaotian rolled his eyes in anger.

"I told you a long time ago that we need to stock up on the charges, but you forgot to keep it clean as soon as you started doing it! That's good! Squib! Check again, mother!" Yu Xiaotian said with a black line on his face,

He was not such a foul-mouthed person before, but now after two or three months of hanging out with these rough guys, he has developed the habit of swearing, and he likes to curse people at every turn.

But let’s not talk about it, this group of people really just want to eat this pot. If Yu Xiaotian is polite every day, they will think that he is easy to talk to. But when Yu Xiaotian uses foul language, they will be much more honest. In this way, Wen

If he didn't succeed, he would resort to martial arts, which made Yu Xiaotian like to curse people more and more.

The black head also had a black line on his face. He quickly lowered his head to check the gun. After some inspection, he found that the primer on the fire door could not ignite the gunpowder in the barrel. The gunpowder in the barrel was still there, so he quickly yelled and cursed a young man.

He was asked to quickly reload the ammunition in the barrel of the gun. After some troubles, he was ready again.

At this time, Yu Xiaotian carefully moved away from a certain distance, secretly sweating, and thought to himself, I feel chilled when I see this thing igniting. This time, when Zhao Mazi comes back, I will try to find ways to improve it.

Improve gunpowder, and if possible, find a way to buy a few new cannons! This will save you having to worry about these two broken cannons all day long.

There was another chase, and the distance between the two sides was basically maintained at about fifty meters. Yu Xiaotian couldn't wait any longer and ordered the gunfire again.

This time, the gun did not live up to his expectations, and finally fired as scheduled. With the sound of a cannon, the cannons were fired at the merchant ship in front.

The distance of fifty meters was still a bit far for this gun, but it still reached the merchant ship in front, and some cannons hit their hull with a crackling sound.

At this time, the people on the merchant ship knew they were afraid, and they screamed and hurriedly lay down under the side of the ship. However, they still did not lower the sails and stop the ship, and continued to run away.

Although this shot did not kill anyone on the other side, it still had a certain effect, forcing the boatmen on the other side's ship to not dare to get up, so they could not continuously adjust the sails and take advantage of the wind direction.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Laoliu yelled at Hu Cheng and led the sailors to quickly adjust the sails. After catching enough wind, he quickly rushed over and closed the distance between the two parties to twenty meters.

While Yu Xiaotian ordered Heitou and others to continue loading cannons, he rushed to the port side and shouted to everyone on the ship: "Fire arrows! Fire blunderbuss! Don't let them raise their heads!"

At this time, the Sea Wolves' ship had already cut into the inside of the Zhao family's merchant ship, which would force them to sail to the open sea and prevent them from getting closer to the coast. This meant that Yu Xiaotian and the others had the initiative.

At this time, the people on the Zhao family merchant ship also realized that something was wrong. Someone screamed at the boatmen to get up and adjust the sails and turn the rudder. However, before they could stand up, the sea wolves here began to set sail

After firing their muskets, several archers also began to fire arrows at the Zhao family's boat.

But on a swaying ship, it is very difficult to hit a target twenty or thirty meters away with a musket or a bow and arrow, especially for these rookies to do this with primitive and crude weapons.

Fireguns basically rely on luck.

So even though I saw a boatman standing up in the boat on the opposite side, but there were guns and arrows fired here, they still didn't hurt anyone on the other side, they just scared the other side again.

Yu Xiaotian was quite speechless at such a low level. He also knew how good these guys were, but when he really started to take action, he looked at the bullets and arrows flying all over the sky. The ones that landed on the opponent's ship had not yet fallen into the sea.

Too much, it really made him depressed.