The grape bullets spread over a large area. The lead bullets not only hit people, but also stirred up small pillars of soil on the ground while causing blood spray! Among those people, only the last few people

Thanks to the kindness of their companions, their bodies covered them. They did not die, but they were frightened. They threw away their weapons and ran towards the mountain crying for their fathers and mothers.

The pirates on the mountain seemed to be frightened by the tragic scene at the foot of the mountain. They gathered together in confusion, waiting for the leaders to make a decision. At this time, the pirates were in an extremely disadvantageous position. Originally, they wanted to capture the mountain stronghold.

But after being unable to attack for a long time, morale has been low. After all, pirates are good at naval battles rather than fortified battles.

As a result, the back route is still being raided. The ship parked on the sea is obviously a little bigger than their ship. But it has many more artillery guns than the ones on their ship. There are 22 black holes sticking out of the side of the ship.

The muzzles are so scary! If these 22 muzzles all spray grape bullets, it will not be something that flesh and blood can stop!

Just as the pirate leaders were discussing countermeasures, the first group of ten gunmen had already boarded the pier. They did not gather to prepare for battle, but quickly dispersed to help the two crew members collect the boat. The sailors must take them with them as soon as possible.

When the boat went back, many servants were transported to the dock. Anyway, these ten people couldn't withstand the pirates' charge. The main thing was the deterrence of the artillery!

Just as the sailors were dragging several small boats back, the pirates on the mountain seemed to have made a decision. Several leaders began to drive the pirates down the mountain. The total number of pirates in this group totaled more than 200, close to

It looked like three hundred people. And the leaders were quite smart. They spread out the formation widely to prevent them from being wiped out by grape bullets.

Liu Pei became a little anxious when he saw this situation. More than 200 people were spread out, occupying a large area. Just 11 cannons might not be able to stop them. After all, the pirates were spread out like that, and they could be destroyed with one shot.

It can knock down two or three people at most. It’s not like the crowds on the boat. One shot will hit at least seven or eight people! If you are lucky, you can hit more than a dozen people! At this time, the boat has just returned to the Jiaozhou, and the fire

The gunmen are disembarking. It will take time to board the dock. The other two boats have just left the Jiaozhou and there is no time for reinforcements.

At this time, Liu Pei saw that the pirates' forward had reached the foot of the mountain, so he ordered the artillery to test fire three rounds. Sure enough, as Liu Pei estimated, the most hits in one shot were only four people, and the least one hit only one.

The people did not act as a deterrent at all, but gave the pirates confidence. The pirates began to speed up slowly.

The gunmen who were the first to board the pier saw that the situation was not good, so they directly eliminated two rows of horizontal lines on the trestle, preparing to rely on the narrow passage on the trestle to resist the pirates. The trestle was not wide, and could only accommodate five or six people in parallel. Therefore,

Those ten gunmen

We retreated to the far end of the trestle and prepared to fight to the death.

Seeing this crisis situation, Liu Pei came up with a solution that was not a solution. He said to Jack: "Let the heavy artillery fire! We need the heavy artillery to put pressure on the enemy!"

Jack said: "Boss, heavy artillery can only fire solid shells and has almost no lethality against scattered crowds. It's useless!"

Liu Pei shouted: "It works! Don't hit the crowd, let the shells fall in front of the crowd, and reduce the speed of the forward line as much as possible! Don't fire the 18-pounder gun yet, wait until the crowd densifies before firing!"

Jack immediately understood Liu Pei's intention and personally went down to the artillery deck to direct the firing. Sure enough, the heavy artillery fire indeed suppressed the speed of the crowd in front. It is not easy for a solid bullet to hit a single person, but when it hits a stone, it will collapse.

Stones can also kill people! So the pirates in front of them involuntarily slowed down. The people behind quickly followed up, causing the crowd to become denser. Moreover, no grapeshot was fired for a long time, which also made the pirates

Feeling a little numb.

Just when they landed on the beach and were about to charge, the 18-pounders opened fire for the first time. After one round of shooting, at least nearly forty people were killed and injured! The pirates' attempt to seize the ship and escape was completely defeated.

No one dares to move closer to the dock anymore. The dead bodies on the ground are the dividing line between their life and death.

At this time, the second group of gunmen had already boarded the pier. After joining the original firemen on the trestle, they quickly grabbed the Zhenyuan and Dingyuan on both sides of the trestle and relied on the side of the ship to hide themselves. Now

The line of defense is considered impregnable.

With these gunmen, they were enough to defend the three ships on the trestle. The remaining time was for the sailors to board the ships. Every time a small ship landed on the trestle, the defense force would become stronger.

At this time, the lookout shouted: "Sign up the mountain stronghold and ask for a battle plan."

Liu Pei said: "Tell them to just hold on to the stronghold. Leave the rest to us."

The boat came back for the second time, but this time it was full of sailors from the Jiaozhou. The sailors were holding knives and axes, shouting loudly, and pretending to fight the pirates to the death. The pirates just

Begin to assemble outside the line of artillery fire, preparing for a head-on fight.

A group of sailors sent small oars to the beach. The sailors began to gather on the beach with a clamor, pretending that a war was about to break out. But at this moment, someone in the crowd of sailors suddenly heard a shout: "Do it!"

"

Upon hearing the order, the sailors who had gathered immediately dispersed and ran towards the boats and piers all over the beach. Even the pirates were stunned. They had already mustered up the courage to prepare for hand-to-hand combat with the sailors. God knows they

How did you come up with this moth!

Finally someone among the pirates

He understood and shouted loudly: "No! They are going to rob the boat!"

Now the pirates all understood. It turned out that Liu Pei's original purpose was not to prepare for a head-on fight with the pirates. As long as the sailors moved the three ships moored on the pier and a dozen small boats on the beach to the center of the bay,

These pirates have no place to escape, so they have become turtles in the urn!

But if Liu Pei had expressed his intention to seize the ship from the beginning, then the pirates would definitely fight to the death. So Liu Pei asked the sailors and servants to go ashore and prepare for an attack. Then he took advantage of them and quickly sailed the ship.

Let's go. The pirates can only stare!

Sure enough, when the pirates saw that all the ships were being moved, they rushed down like crazy. Because they also knew that without the ships, they would be dead! But they were too late!

The three ships and a dozen small boats slowly left the dock with the efforts of the sailors. However, the pirates ran from the foot of the mountain to the dock, and there was still a distance of at least two to three hundred steps. By the time they arrived at the dock,

By the time they arrived, the nearest ship was already more than ten steps away.

As if laughing at them, the Jiaozhou didn't even fire its guns this time because it was unnecessary. The pirates' food and water were basically on the ship. Even if they brought a group when they besieged the stronghold, they wouldn't be able to sustain a few hundred people for long.

In a day at most, their food and water will be exhausted. By then, they will have no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth.

At this time, several leaders of Big Buck Tooth had also rushed to the edge of the pier, but they could only watch the ship go away. The sailors on the ship were laughing at them loudly and making faces at them.

"What should I do?" said a pirate leader with a sinister look on his face.

But no one answered, because no one knew what to do. The man's anger could not be vented, and he suddenly turned to Big Buck Tooth. He shouted loudly: "It's all your fault! You insisted that we come to fight the Skeleton Gang! It's okay now

, they’re all stuck here!”

After hearing this, Big Buck Tooth got very angry and shouted: "Iron-backed Dragon, you still blame me? When we first started discussing the fight, you were the only one who shouted happily! You still want to eat more and occupy more! Now if something goes wrong, you blame me!"

The iron-backed dragon was extremely embarrassed by Big Bucktooth's comment and shouted: "Of course it's your fault! You said they had five boats, but now a large Western plywood boat has appeared! The cannons of this boat are better than the cannons of our five boats.

There are too many, how to fight?"

The buck-toothed man glanced at him contemptuously and said, "If you want to eat fish, don't be afraid of the thorns pricking your mouth! How can you become a great leader with such virtue as yours?"

Just as the iron-backed dragon was about to draw his sword, he was held down by a man next to him with a shiny head and no hair at all. The man said: "At this moment, our three families are in danger, is there still internal strife?"
Chapter completed!