Daming Haikou

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

Yu Xiaotian also saw a line of land on the port side of the ship at this time. If he didn't know it, he would have thought it was the mainland. It turns out that this is just the east side of Haitan Island. He heard Zhao Mazi's reminder Afterwards, Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "Uncle Zhao is right, listen carefully, everyone on the boat is in their respective positions, Shangdou's eyes widened and he looked carefully, everyone cheered up, we arrived at Haitan Outside the island, be careful!" Yu Xiaotian raised his voice and issued a warning to the whole ship.

Everyone who had nothing to do at first stood up straight after hearing Yu Xiaotian's shout, while Crazy Meng immediately yelled to greet his soldiers, entered the cabin and began to take out the stuff and get ready.

What Zhao Mazi said is right. The east and west sides of Haitan Island have always been the places where ships from the north and the south must pass through. Apart from the Quanzhou area, the coastal shipping routes in Fujian are the busiest. After leaving this area, there was a robbery of the ship at this time. Now their sea wolf has also become a part of the pirate group. Now the cabin is full of various goods, and they are going to Dalian Island to trade to the Li family. , if you are robbed by your peers here, it will be a big joke!

Everyone on the boat became nervous at this time. Liu Wang was light and agile, and had good eyesight, so Yu Xiaotian arranged for him and the other two juniors to do battle work. After receiving the warning, Liu Wang immediately volunteered to greet the superiors One of the juniors 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.

On the top of the mainmast, a simple bucket has been set up at this time, and people can squat in it and look out at the sea in the distance. In Wangdou, the place where the whole ship shakes the most, and the sea breeze is also the place where the sea wind is the strongest. People who are afraid of heights when looking down will be so frightened that their legs are weak, let alone squatting here, looking out in all directions, even Those who are brave must use a rope to tie themselves around the waist after coming up, so as to prevent them from being thrown down when the wind and waves are too strong.

Liu Wang is not very old, so he couldn't be regarded as a courageous person before, but this guy is quite clever. After several experiences with Yu Xiaotian, he has become bolder, and with this future brother-in-law under his care, this kid He has also become a lot more cheerful, and he already likes to climb up and down, so he is more suitable for doing things like fighting.

In the past few days, Yu Xiaotian has let this guy focus on bows and muskets, but now he finds that this guy has relatively weak arms, cannot hold the bow stably, and can't open a strong bow. In addition, he didn't have any foundation before, so he practiced Bows and arrows are basically useless, so he gave up bows and arrows and specialized in musketeers, and among their limited number of muskets, he chose a relatively better workmanship, which would not explode and was slightly more powerful. A precise musket was handed over to the three Shangdou as their exclusive weapon.

Yu Xiaotian puts more emphasis on Shangdou than anyone else. Not only can they take on the role of lookout on the ship, but they are also in a position with the widest view, which is also a very suitable position for sniping. If Shangdou can be a sharpshooter If you do this, you can kill the enemy's leader from a high place by surprise, and sometimes it may change the situation of the battle.

Therefore, Yu Xiaocai ordered Liu Wang and the other two to fight together to concentrate on muskets. So far, the three of them have mastered the skills of how to load and fire muskets while shaking from high places. However, due to limited conditions, they are very tight on gunpowder, and the muskets in their hands can only be called firecrackers at best, and their accuracy is very poor, so they cannot play an effective role for the time being.

According to Yu Xiaotian's plan, if they can't get better artillery in a short period of time, at least they must first find a way to get a few better-made muskets or bird guns, at least in terms of melee combat. Certain advantages.

This time they went to Dalian Island to find the Li family to trade. Yu Xiaotian had already made a large list of supplies that needed to be purchased, including all kinds of firearms. Still relying on crude weapons such as knives, bows and arrows, which are already a bit outdated, he thought that since he wanted to do this, he would strive to build a well-equipped subordinate, so that when they acted at sea, their chances of winning would be better. bigger.

The ship continued to sail north, and after a while, Liu Wang shouted from the watchtower on the top of the mast: "There are two ships appearing five miles ahead! They are heading towards Haitan Island!"

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

"The two boats in front turned around! They came towards us, and they seemed to come with bad intentions!" After the boats moved forward for a while, Liu Wang shouted again from the mast.

After Yu Xiaotian heard it, his nerves began to tense immediately, and he raised his head and shouted: "Do you see any flags on their ship? What kind of ship is it?"

Liu Wang replied loudly: "I still can't tell whether they have flags or not. There are two ships, one big and one small, one looks like a three-masted lucky boat, and the other looks like a two-masted bird boat! It's a bit like our boat. !"

Liu Laoliu immediately said to Xiaotian: "There are two boats in this place, I guess they are not ordinary merchant ships. They must have seen our boat and came towards us. Maybe they came towards us!"

Yu Xiaotian was also thinking secretly, now he can't see the other party's boat, but judging from Liu Wang's feedback, the other party must come in a bad way, so he raised his hand and ordered loudly: "Get ready!"

After the people on the boat went through a lot of experience, their performance this time was much better. The saying "Practice the true knowledge" is true. The last time they hijacked the boat, Yu Xiaotian repeated it on the way back and in the past few days. Help people to analyze, let everyone understand the various mistakes they made in the last shipjacking, and let this group of people have nothing to say.

So although they performed extremely poorly in the last boat robbery, and paid the price of Zhao Tong's life and two people's injuries, but after what happened that day, they learned a lot from it, so it was also a misfortune. Fortunately, Yu Xiaotian felt quite satisfied with this in these two days.

Now when they heard Yu Xiaotian's order to prepare, everyone on board showed no sign of confusion, but started to string the bow in an orderly manner, and bundles of arrows were opened and placed in a convenient position , the rocket was also stained with kerosene, and at the same time someone took out a torch for lighting the fire, and they put more than a dozen cupping cans filled with kerosene in the fixed basket under the side of the ship, and several three-eyed guns were also picked up by them one by one. He started to pick it up and loaded it with gunpowder and guns.

In short, the last chaos did not recur this time, and everyone quickly stood where they needed to stand, ready for the next step.

At this time, one of their bowl-mouth guns was also lifted from the tarpaulin, revealing the gun body, a gunpowder can was taken out, and placed next to the gun mount, and two young men designated as gunners took out the pestle and also Ready to fill.

Now they only have one bowl-mouth gun left. When they robbed the ship last time, that bowl-mouth gun had too much charge due to blackheads. Now it is placed on Treasure Island, and they are going to recruit blacksmiths to repair it. In a short time, they will not dare to use that gun again.

So now their heavy firepower is halved. For them, robbing others is okay. If they are besieged by others, they will be at a disadvantage. Feeling too worried, but a little relieved.

Combat may be a way to temper people better than training. He wanted to calm down and train these subordinates before, but now he has changed. In fact, the last time they hijacked the ship, the harvest was not small. At least let these people know their shortcomings and what to do, which is much more precious than the little property they robbed.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian has now changed his original thinking, and decided to take these people to the sea to practice them, and at the same time to fight for a few votes. He does not seek success, but only hopes that these people can accumulate more experience through actual combat. , it may be more effective than simple training.

Today when they came to Dalian Island, Yu Xiaotian did his best and brought out most of his capable people. 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 probability that they will run into their peers, but they cannot hide. Right now, 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 speed is relatively slow. Instead of showing weakness and avoiding it now, it is better to go up to it and show your identity.

Right now, everyone on the ship is ready. If the other party wants to cheat, they will not give it in vain. Besides, pirates also have rules. Generally, as long as they are colleagues and not opponents, they will meet at sea. It's just to say hello, and no one wants to fight desperately with each other.

So Yu Xiaotian didn't order to turn around, but continued to raise the full sail swaggeringly, and greeted the two boats ahead.

"They have raised their flags! Big ships are hoisting green flags, and smaller boats are hoisting blue flags! There seem to be words on the green flags! I can't read them clearly!" Liu Wang on Wangdou shouted again reports.

At this time, Yu Xiaotian and the others could already see the two boats on the sea level, and there was some commotion on the boat. Liu Laoliu had rich experience in this, and immediately said: "Xiaotian, the two boats on the opposite side are not the same boat. My partner, maybe they are two groups 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 way! Well water doesn't violate river water! As long as they don't want to play with their lives, they shouldn't do anything to us! All ministries just make preparations!"

Yu Xiaotian's composure made everyone on the boat quiet again. Liaoshou slightly adjusted the sails according to Liu Laoliu's instructions, and was ready to adjust the sails at any time. Soldiers and others who were temporarily fine At this time, the crew also stood up straight and stood on the side of the ship. Everyone raised their chests and folded their stomachs, trying to elevate them 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 party's ships, and at the same time saw the flags of the two ships of the other party.

Among the two boats that came over, the larger one was a Fuchuan ship unique to the coast of Fujian Province. It had two main masts and a low sloping foremast. The displacement of the ship is twice as large, and the speed is slightly higher. It is a medium-sized blessing ship, but compared with the No. [-] blessing ship of the Ming Dynasty navy, it is smaller and not as strong as a warship. The relatively common sea-going ships along the coast of Fujian are estimated to have been merchant ships in the past, but now they are used by pirates.

The advantage of this kind of lucky boat is that the ship has a tall side and a strong hull. Generally, it can fight against enemy ships with collision tactics. Of course, the premise is that it must be a smaller ship, and its ability to resist wind and waves is relatively strong at sea, which is more suitable for open seas. Sailing, but the shortcomings are also obvious, that is, the degree of flexibility is not enough. When encountering lighter ships, it is difficult for them to turn and it is difficult to catch up with other ships effectively. Therefore, such ships look more majestic, but they are not very suitable as It's a pirate's ship, so it's no wonder they gang up on two ships.

The other boat was similar in size to Yu Xiaotian's boat, both in the shape of a bird boat, also with two masts, and the displacement of the boat was basically similar to theirs, the difference was that the one that came over The bow of the boat looks awkward, it doesn't seem to be the original one, but it seems to be on the original boat with another bow installed, which looks awkward.

The flag hoisted by the three-masted Fu Chuan is green. It seems that there is a traditional character Liu written on the flag, but the distance is relatively far, and Yu Xiaotian is still not sure. It is a Liu character. You can only confirm it when you get closer .

And the other bird boat raised a blue flag. On the tattered blue flag, it seemed to be a clean face, but there was nothing. It is impossible to determine their identities.

(I'm begging for a red ticket! Brothers, please help me smash a few! Hehe!)