The steam engine roared, and the two large ships moved towards the Zheng family's warship, which was several hundred steps ahead. Zheng Boping had already ordered the warship to make a sharp turn and turn the bow. When he saw the other side's warship rushing over, Zheng Boping hurriedly ordered

Be prepared for battle.

All the Zheng family sailors were standing on the bow of the ship, with javelins, bows and arrows in their hands, ready to go. A dozen archers were also in place on the platform on the mast. They tied themselves tightly to the mast with ropes, leaving only their upper bodies free to move.

, this can avoid the impact of the rocking of the ship on them, and they can shoot their opponents as much as they want.

The strategy of the Zheng family navy is to maneuver large ships to avoid collisions when the opponent rushes over. When the ships stagger, the archers and harpooneers attack fiercely, causing damage to the opponent. At the same time, drop more than a dozen water jets on the back of the ship.

The ghost clings to the side and bow of the ship. After the big ships cross each other, the other party's attention will be on the ship and will never notice the water ghost in the water. In this way, the three attacks in the sky, on the ship and in the water will be effective.

Zheng Boping even ordered precious rockets to be prepared and carry out a fire attack when necessary. The Zheng family's rockets were refined from pure petroleum imported from foreign countries. They cost a lot and could not be used easily. But Zheng Boping strived to win, so he also

Don't care about this anymore.

Of course, the plan is good, but if everything in this world can be implemented as planned, there will be no regrets. The opponent's warship did not rush over as expected, but circled diagonally.

Ben rushed past hundreds of steps away. Zheng Boping wanted to remind the other party that he had gone astray. The standard of the other party's boatmen was really poor. If he were at the Zheng Family Boat Shop, he wouldn't even need to do odd jobs.

Cursing, he raised his telescope and looked at the large ship that was gliding diagonally sideways. Suddenly, he saw something unusual through the telescope. On the deck, a group of people were covering the deck with a tarpaulin.

The object was opened, and a strange tall wooden shelf that looked like fishermen drying fish appeared in the field of view. The people around were busy tinkering with something on it, moving the position of the wooden shelf to face the opening in front.

Prepare your own warship.

Although he didn't know what this thing was, Zheng Boping instinctively felt a bit of fear. That thing was definitely not something dried fish on a fishing boat.

"Second boss, they've stopped," someone nearby shouted.

Only then did Zheng Boping notice that the other party's ship had stopped three hundred steps away. Black smoke was still billowing, but the ship was still on the sea. Zheng Boping was very surprised. The two ships had no sails.

It's strange to be able to move forward quickly, but to be able to stop at any time on the sea. Look at the anchor chain and it didn't fall. How did you do that?

However, he had no time to think about this issue at the next moment. In the telescope, he saw that the strange thing surrounded by the other party was aimed at his ship, and a group of people stood beside them with their arms akimbo as if they were ready to watch the fun. One person was holding it in his hand.

A small red flag is being raised high.

"No! There's something weird!" When Zheng Boping finished his words, the hand of the man opposite him holding the small red flag also dropped at the same time.

In the telescope, several black and thick crossbow arrows were magnified in front of Zheng Boping's eyes. Under the sun, the extremely smooth polished crossbow arrows reflected the light, and the subtleties could be seen in the telescope. The air around the rotating crossbow arrows seemed to be disturbed.

Bend it. In your ears, the sound of wind and thunder can be heard faintly.

Zheng Boping only

He had time to shrink his head when a strong wind passed over his head, and the octagonal round hat on his head was blown off by the strong wind. Then, Zheng Boping heard the dull cracking sound behind him and the horrified shouts of everyone.

"Kachachacha! Boom!" A burst of noise sounded. The pillars and long windows of the ship's hall were flying with sawdust and broken into pieces. Several iron-tipped crossbow arrows passed through the ship's hall and bombarded the bottom of the main mast, sending the arrow as thick as a bucket into the air.

The base and the rotating shaft at the lower end of the main mast were blown to pieces. Two arrows hit the main mast, and a large gash was cut out, as if someone had chewed it.

"What is that?" Zheng Boping shouted in horror.

"Second boss, seven of our people died. It's too miserable. They were bombed into dregs." The person below answered the question inappropriately.

Zheng Boping didn't care at all how his men died. He raised his telescope and looked at the ship on the opposite side. He saw that damn little red flag raised again.

"Hide quickly!" Zheng Boping shouted, holding his head and hiding behind the bunker.

"Buzz buzz, boom boom boom!" Nine powerful crossbows bombarded, and the damage this time was even more serious. Several pillars of the ship's hall were broken, and half of the ship's hall suddenly collapsed, with sawdust flying and smoke filling the main mast.

It was hit by another arrow, and although it hadn't broken yet, it was already in danger, making a terrifying creaking sound.

It was even worse on the deck. Two crossbow arrows flew across the deck, creating two blood paths and bringing up two lines of blood mist. Seven or eight private soldiers of the Zheng family were pierced by the crossbow arrows, and their bodies were pierced like skewers of candied haws. It was huge.

The impact pushed their bodies off the side of the ship and fell into the sea.

"Turn around, go quickly, go quickly. Go to Dalangsha Island!...Send a signal...call someone!" Zheng Boping screamed with a trembling voice, almost biting his tongue out of fear.

On board the Dream, Fang Zian frowned and was cursing.

"What kind of accuracy is this? I asked you to shoot at the main mast. Why are you shooting at random? Two rounds of eighteen crossbow arrows failed to bring down the main mast? Look at the other side. The main mast has been shot down, and the other side's ship has already collapsed.

Well, isn’t that where you’re waiting to die? Brother Leihu, how do you practice?”

Lei Hu defended with shame on his face: "I'm sorry, sir. I have practiced on land before. This boat is swaying and I can't seize the opportunity. On that boat are people from your manufacturing bureau. They have big ships."

It’s okay to practice. Where can I find a big boat?”

Zhao Gang said from the sidelines: "I just looked for excuses and refused to admit that I was lazy. It's okay now, they are going to run away."

Lei Hu smacked his lips and shouted at the person next to him who was looking at him: "What are you looking at? You haven't loaded the arrow yet, just keep shooting. Didn't you hear Mr. Fang cursing?"

"Oh oh oh." All the soldiers under his command hurriedly reloaded their crossbows.

Fang Zian breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's all, no need to shoot for now, just let them escape. The Zheng family navy has other ships, so Zheng Boping has to take us to find them, so as to save some crossbows and arrows to deal with other warships. This ship in front of us has also escaped.

No hurry. Send a signal to the other ship. Leave the rest of the ship alone for now. They can’t move without the sail, and they can’t swim ashore. We’ll deal with them later. Follow the Dream, there are many enemies behind it.”

Someone immediately went to deliver the order. Jiang Zheng popped up next to Fang Zian, smacked his lips and said in shock: "Master Fang, what kind of weapon is this? It's so powerful. I have never seen such a fierce crossbow. And this ship.

...mo

Isn’t it a ship made by your lord? Why don’t you use sails?”

Fang Zian laughed loudly and said: "Master Jiang, you don't know me well enough. Needless to say about this ship, you also know that I have a ship to smuggle goods. Didn't you threaten me before? As for how to sail this ship , I tell you, you don’t understand either. Well, this crossbow has a name called ‘Ten Thousand Enemies’. It’s a weapon made by my manufacturing bureau. Do you think it can still be used? Doesn’t it look very majestic when installed on this ship? "

Jiang Zheng muttered speechlessly: "Not only is it useful, it's a killer. What do you think I did to provoke you before? I'm such a fool."

…

Zheng Boping's ship began to flee towards the port. The boatmen and private soldiers wanted to let the big ship give wings and fly away. The attack power of the enemy ship on the opposite side was too terrifying. From a distance of 300 steps, the crossbow arrows were too fierce. How to fight? You don’t even need to get close. Shooting arrows from a distance is enough to sink the big ship. Someone also saw the mast of another ship falling. The archers on several platforms on the main mast were tied to On the mast, it's fine now. They all followed the mast and rolled down into the sea to feed the fish. The mainmast fell, and the ship could only float. The other party could do whatever they wanted to deal with it. Now, while your ship is still alive, If you can run, why don't you run?

Zheng Boping kept urging loudly, wishing he could ask the sailors to take a paddle and paddle in the water. But when we came to the north, the southeast monsoon was favorable. When we returned to the port, it was a crosswind, so the speed was so fast.

The good news is that the big boat chasing behind didn't seem to be very fast. It followed slowly and slowly six hundred or seven hundred steps away, with no sign of catching up. Zheng Boping had no time to consider whether the other party was deliberately teasing or the boat itself was not fast. He was now What I want to do is to quickly sail the ship to Dalangsha Island, where there is a training port for the Zheng family's navy, and the rest of the Zheng family's warships are docked there on weekdays. Seven or eight warships and thousands of sailors are on board together, and I'm afraid they won't be able to deal with these two. An enemy ship?

As the sun set, twilight gradually began to rise, and the light on the sea slowly dimmed. The water turned a solemn deep black color. Finally, Zheng Boping saw the outline of Dalangsha Island in the distance, and his mood finally relaxed a lot.

"Blow the trumpet, hurry up, blow it together. Light the wind lantern to warn."

"Woooooooo." More than a dozen rhinoceros horns blew together, and the deep horn sound echoed on the sea and spread far away. A long string of red wind lanterns was pulled up to the mast, which was the way the Zheng family navy sent signals at night. It was very long. Soon, there was a reaction on Dalangsha Island. After drinking tea, Zheng Boping saw a Zheng family warship rushing out from the side of the island.

Zheng Boping happily patted his chest repeatedly and said: "Thank God. Fang Zian, Fang Zian, now you will die without a burial place. Allahu Akbar!"

The Zheng family ship was obviously not alone. In fact, the lookout post on the island saw the warning signal. After hearing the warning horn, the Zheng family navy was dispatched at a very fast speed. The second owner's ship was marked. , the second owner was in danger and seemed to be chased by two other large ships on the sea. How could they not all mobilize?

After that large ship, the other seven warships and a dozen small boats followed. This was almost the entire strength of the Zheng family's navy. Soon, on the dark sea, the densely packed warships of the Zheng family occupied the area. The sea ahead was welcoming Zheng Boping's boat.
Chapter completed!