Daming pirates

"Master, ahead of us is Haitan Island. The forces in this area are very complicated. There are quite a few colleagues here. Do you think we should be more careful?" Zhao Mazi walked behind Yu Xiaotian at some point and whispered to Xiaotian.

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At this time, Yu Xiaotian also saw a line of land exposed in the distance on the port side of the ship. If he didn't know better, he would have thought it was the mainland. It turned out that this was just the east side of Haitan Island. He heard Zhao Mazi's reminder.

After that, Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "What Uncle Zhao said makes sense. Listen carefully. Everyone on the boat has taken their places. Shangdou opened his eyes and looked carefully. Everyone cheered up. We have arrived at Haitan.

Be careful outside the island!" Yu Xiaotian raised his voice and warned the entire ship.

Everyone who was idle immediately stood up straight after hearing Yu Xiaotian's shout. Crazy Meng immediately shouted to greet his soldiers, entered the cabin and began to take out the guys and get ready.

Zhao Mazi is right. The east and west sides of Haitan Island have always been places that ships from the north and south must pass through. They are the busiest places on Fujian's coastal routes besides Quanzhou. It is for this reason that many pirates have focused their attention on it.

They came to this area, so there was a ship robbery happening at this time. Now they, Sea Wolf, have become a part of the pirate group. Now the cabin is filled with all kinds of goods, and they are going to Dalian Island to trade to the Li family.

, if you are robbed by your colleagues here, it will be a big joke!

Everyone on the boat became nervous at this time. Liu Wang had a light body and good eyesight, so he and the other two young men were arranged to fight by Yu Xiaotian. After receiving the warning, Liu Wang immediately volunteered to greet the superiors.

A young man asked him to come down and take his place. Like a little monkey, he grabbed the rope on the mast and climbed towards the top of the mainmast.

At the top of the mainmast, a simple little bucket has been set up at this time, allowing people to squat in it and look out at the sea in the distance. Although the scenery here is unique, people without courage cannot do this, because

Wangdou is the place where the whole ship shakes the most, and the sea breeze is also the strongest. People who are afraid of heights will be frightened when they look down, let alone squatting here and looking in all directions, even if it is

Those who are brave must use a rope to tie themselves around the waist after coming up to prevent them from being thrown down when the wind and waves are too strong.

Liu Wang is not very old, so he was not a courageous person before, but this guy is quite clever. After several experiences with Yu Xiaotian, his courage has also become stronger, and with this future brother-in-law taking care of him, this guy

He has also become a lot more cheerful. In addition, he already likes to climb high and low, so he is more suitable for such things as fighting.

Yu Xiaotian has been asking this guy to focus on bows and arrows and muskets these days, but now he finds that this guy has relatively weak arm strength, is unstable in holding the bow, and can't fire a strong bow. In addition, he didn't have any foundation before, so he practiced

Bows and arrows were basically useless, so they asked him to give up bows and arrows and specialize in musketeers. Among the few muskets they had, they selected one that was relatively well made, would not explode when fired, and was slightly more compact.

An accurate musket was given to the three of them to fight as their exclusive weapon.

Yu Xiaotian values ​​​​the profession of Shangdou more than anyone else. Not only can they be responsible for the lookout work on the ship, but their position has the widest field of vision and is also a very suitable position for sniping. If Shangdou can be a sharpshooter

If you do this, you can snipe and kill the enemy leader from a high place unexpectedly, which may sometimes influence the situation of the battle.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian ordered Liu Wang and the other two to fight and concentrate on muskets. So far, the three of them have mastered the skills of loading and firing muskets while shaking at a high place.

However, due to limited conditions, they were short on gunpowder, and the muskets in their hands could only be called firecrackers at best, with poor accuracy, so they could not play an effective role for the time being.

According to Yu Xiaotian's plan, if they can't get better artillery in a short time, they must at least find a way to get a few better-made muskets or blunderbuss. At least in terms of close combat, they have

Certain advantages.

This time they went to Dalian Island to find a deal with the Li family. Yu Xiaotian had already made a large list of supplies that needed to be purchased, including a variety of firearms. Now he was a pirate and wandering on the sea.

Relying on simple swords, guns, bows and arrows and other cold weapons was already a bit outdated. He thought that since he wanted to do this, he would strive to build a well-equipped subordinates, so that when they operate at sea, they would have a better chance of winning.

Bigger.

The ship continued to sail towards the north. After a while, Liu Wang shouted loudly from the lookout at the top of the mast: "Two ships appeared five miles ahead! They are heading towards Haitan Island!"

After hearing Liu Wang's cry, the people on the boat immediately became energetic and began to stretch their heads and look towards the front of the boat.

"The two boats in front have turned! They are heading towards us. They seem to have bad intentions!" After the boats moved forward for a while, Liu Wang shouted again from the mast.

After Yu Xiaotian heard this, his nerves immediately began to tighten. He raised his head and shouted, "Did you see a flag on their ship? What kind of ship is it?"

Liu Wang replied loudly: "It's still unclear whether they have flags. There are two boats, one big and one small. One looks like a three-masted blessing boat, and the other looks like a two-masted bird boat! It looks a bit like our boat.

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Liu Laoliu immediately said to Xiaotian: "There are two ships here. They are probably not ordinary merchant ships. They must have seen our ship and came towards us. Maybe they are coming towards us!"

Yu Xiaotian was also making calculations secretly. He couldn't see the other party's ship yet, but judging from Liu Wang's feedback, the other party must have come with bad intentions, so he raised his hand and loudly ordered: "Get ready!"

After everyone on the boat went through an experience, their performance was much better this time. It is true that practice makes true knowledge. Their performance last time when they robbed the ship, Yu Xiaotian talked about it over and over again on the way back and in the past few days.

Helping people to analyze it made everyone understand the various mistakes they made during the last hijacking of the ship, and left everyone in this group speechless.

So even though they performed extremely poorly the last time they hijacked a ship, and even paid the price of Zhao Tong's life and two people being injured, after what happened that day, they learned a lot from it, so it was considered unfortunate.

What a great blessing. In these two days, Yu Xiaotian felt quite satisfied.

When they heard Yu Xiaotian's order to prepare, no one on the boat showed any signs of confusion. Instead, they began to string their bows in an orderly manner. Bundles of arrows were opened and placed at convenient locations.

, the rocket was also stained with kerosene. At the same time, someone took out the ignition torch. A dozen fire jars filled with kerosene were also placed in a fixed basket under the side of the ship. Several three-eye muskets were also fired one by one by them.

He started to pick it up and loaded it with gunpowder and muskets.

In short, the chaos from the last time did not happen again this time. Everyone quickly stood where they needed to be, ready for the next step.

At this time, the oilcloth of one of their bowl-mouth guns was also lifted, revealing the gun barrel. A gunpowder can was taken out and placed next to the gun mount. Two junior students who were designated as gunners took out the pestle rod and

Ready for loading.

Now they only have one bowl-mouth blunderbuss left. When they robbed a ship last time, the bowl-mouth blunderbuss was loaded with too much blackhead. After the shot was fired, the gun frame was cracked and a piece of the muzzle was broken off.

Now it is placed on Treasure Island, and they are planning to hire a blacksmith to repair it. In a short period of time, they will not dare to use the bowl-mouth gun again.

So now their heavy firepower has been halved. For them, it is okay to rob others. If they are besieged, they will suffer more. However, after Xiaotian saw the performance of his group, not only did he not

I felt too worried, but felt a little relieved.

Combat may be a better way to temper people than training. His previous idea of ​​​​wanting to calm down and train these subordinates has now changed. In fact, their last robbery operation, the harvest was not small.

At least this group of people knew their shortcomings and what to do, which is much more valuable than the little money they robbed.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian has now changed his original idea and decided to take these people with him in the future, while going to sea to train them, and at the same time do a few jobs in a small way. He does not seek success, but only wants to allow these people to accumulate more experience through actual combat.

, it may be more effective than simple training.

Today they came to Dalian Island, and Yu Xiaotian went out with all his strength and brought out most of his capable people. Firstly, to ensure the safety of the goods they carried on this trip, and secondly, to allow these people to pass through this trip.

On the way to and from Dalian Island, we will do some more training.

Today, it seems that the situation is not very good. There is a high chance that we have bumped into our colleagues, but they cannot hide away. At present, their cabin is full of goods that are going to Dalian Island, and the ship is fully loaded.

The draft is relatively deep and the sailing speed is relatively slow. Instead of showing weakness and avoiding now, it would be better to bravely greet them and make their identity clear.

Now everyone on the ship is ready. If the other party really wants to take advantage of them, they will not give it for free. Besides, pirates also have rules. Under normal circumstances, as long as they are fellow travelers and not enemies, they will not meet each other on the sea.

Just to say hello, no one wants to fight each other desperately.

So Yu Xiaotian did not order a turn, but continued to raise the full sail in a swaggering manner and headed towards the two ships in front.

"They are raising the flag! The big ship is raising the green flag, and the smaller ship is raising the blue flag! There seems to be words on the green flag! I can't see clearly!" Liu Wang on the watch shouted again.

Report.

At this time, Yu Xiaotian and the others could already see the two boats appearing on the sea level. There was some slight commotion on the boat. Liu Laoliu was experienced in this and immediately said: "Xiaotian, the two boats opposite are not the same."

Damn it, maybe they are two groups of people who came out together, but I don’t know their origins! What should we do?”

Yu Xiaotian took a deep breath and said: "Hold on! Let's just go our own way! Don't mess with the river! As long as they don't want to risk their lives, they shouldn't do anything to us! All departments should be prepared!"

Yu Xiaotian's calmness made everyone on the boat quiet down again. Xiaoshou adjusted the sails according to Liu Laoliu's instructions and was ready to adjust the sails and turn at any time. The soldiers and others who were fine for the time being

At this time, the crew also stood up straight, standing on the side of the ship. Everyone held their chests and belly high, as high as possible, making them look more majestic.

As the ships on both sides moved towards each other, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer. Yu Xiaotian could already see some details of the other side's ship, and also saw the flags of the other side's two ships.

Among the two boats that came over, the larger one was a type of Fuchuan unique to the coast of Fujian. It had two mainmasts and a low sloping foremast. Such a Fuchuan was much smaller than the bird they were looking at.

The ship's displacement is twice as large and its speed is slightly higher. It is a medium-sized Fuchuan. However, compared with the No. 2 Fuchuan of the Ming Dynasty Navy, it is smaller and not as strong as a warship. It is a kind of

The ships that are relatively common along the coast of Fujian were probably merchant ships in the past, but are now used by pirates.

The advantage of such a lucky ship is that it has tall sides and a strong hull. Under normal circumstances, it can fight against enemy ships using collision tactics. Of course, the premise is that the ship is smaller than it, and its ability to withstand wind and waves at sea is also relatively strong, so it is more suitable for distant seas.

Navigation, but its shortcomings are also obvious, that is, it is not flexible enough. When encountering lighter ships, it is difficult for them to turn and effectively catch up with other ships. Therefore, such ships look more majestic, but they are not very suitable for use as ships.

It's a pirate's ship, so it's no wonder they go out in two ships.

The other boat has similar specifications to Yu Xiaotian's boat. They are both bird boats. They are also two-masted. The displacement of the boat is basically similar to theirs. The difference is that the boat that came over is different.

The bow of the ship looks rather awkward. It doesn't seem to be the original one. Rather, it looks like another bow has been installed on the original ship. It looks very awkward.

The flag raised on the three-masted fortune ship was green, and it seemed to have the traditional Chinese character Liu written on it. However, it was far away, so Yu Xiaotian couldn't be sure yet. It was the character Liu. He could only confirm it when he got closer.

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On the other bird boat, a blue flag was raised. On the tattered blue flag, it seemed to be a clean face with nothing on it. It was impossible to determine their specific identities.

(Please give me red tickets! Brothers, please help me smash a few! Haha!)