Faced with such a situation where they couldn't fight again and again, and couldn't escape yet, the pirates had already waved the white cloth and prepared to surrender.
"What are they doing?" Zhu Biao looked at everything in front of him with emotion on his face.
In the past, he had only heard his father say how invincible Han Du's naval battle was, but until he saw it today, he was really shocked beyond measure. The naval battle commanded by Han Du was no longer a simple battle, but full of beauty.
From the beginning of the close combat, Han Du was a little in a hurry. After the distance was opened, Han Du calmly dragged all the pirate ships in step by step at his own pace. The two sides fought, seizing the T-head advantage, and outflanked,
Cutting off the retreat route and blocking the pirate ships, every step was carried out in an orderly manner, and it also allowed all the pirates to follow Han Du's pace, no more steps, no less steps.
Just like a master painting, there are not many strokes and no strokes are too small, full of the beauty of skill.
Han Du took a look and said, "They want to surrender."
"Surrender? Does that mean we won?" Zhu Biao suddenly became happy.
"Yes." Han Du nodded affirmatively with a smile.
Zhu Biao laughed loudly, slapped Han Du on the shoulder, and said happily: "Awesome, really awesome. It's not like I haven't seen water battles before, but after seeing your recent efforts, I was really amazed.
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"Your Highness is very grateful. I just took advantage of the warships and artillery." Han Du bowed slightly and said modestly: "If Your Highness is willing to give other commanders a chance, I believe they can do the same."
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Zhu Biao smiled and nodded, not believing what Han Du said. He only thought that Han Du was saying this to give his commanders a chance. "If other commanders can really achieve what Han Du did, how can Zhu Biao do it?"
Han Du knows that he is too lazy to be so concerned. If he had to go into battle himself, I am afraid that he would have handed over the command of the navy to others."
Zhu Biao smiled at Han Du, indicating that he understood what Han Du meant. Then he raised his chin towards the pirate ships hung with white cloth and asked: "Since those pirates have surrendered, what are you going to do?"
Han Du looked at where the pirates were, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he said: "Of course, no one will be left behind."
Seeing Zhu Biao's confusion, Han Du explained: "I have three reasons. First, these pirates are extremely vicious people. For them, surrender and rebellion are as simple as eating and drinking. We don't have enough manpower and energy.
To guard them, and they are still alive and wasting our little food and fresh water. It is better to let them die in the sea.
Okay, that's it. Secondly, we have come a long way and have no place to stay yet. The Pirate Sea is a good place, suitable for us to hide the fleet, and it is a good place to rest and rest. Thirdly, although I won this battle easily, but
That’s all based on the use of a large amount of gunpowder and cannonballs, and these things are nothing but money. I have to make up for such a huge consumption from somewhere, and I will not do a loss-making business.”
Although Zhu Biao felt that Han Du wanted to kill them all after the other party had surrendered, which was a bit excessive. But after hearing Han Du's reasons, he slightly nodded in agreement. Anyway, these pirates are all evil-doers, and killing them is considered justice.
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When Han Du saw Zhu Biao nodding, he immediately ordered: "Pass this order to the general to destroy them without leaving a single one behind."
"Follow the order!" Bai Yunhu disliked those pirates even more, and passed on Han Du's order without hesitation. In his opinion, pirates should be just like Japanese pirates, they are things that should be cut into pieces.
With Han Du's order, the warships that had temporarily ceased fire once again unleashed their power. Amidst the roaring sound of cannons, shells once again rained down on the last remaining pirate ships.
The pirates had just seen the naval ceasefire and thought they could escape. However, they did not expect that they would be attacked again in just a moment. The desperate pirates immediately rushed left and right, desperately trying to break out. But regardless of the pirate ship,
No matter which direction they broke through, they were all blown into pieces of broken planks all over the sea on the way to escape.
As the last pirate ship sank into the sea, apart from the broken wooden boards, only the lucky pirates were left alive on the entire sea.
After witnessing the ferocity of the Ming Dynasty navy, which killed everyone, the pirates no longer dared to have any hope in the navy. Even if they were floating on the sea, they swam desperately to stay away from the navy warships.
But since Han Du had ordered that no one should be left behind, how could the naval officers let them go? The warship ran over the pirates at high speed, and the pirates who could not escape were immediately hit by the warship and had their bones and tendons broken, and were swept away by the sea water.
sinking to the bottom of the sea.
The pirates who managed to escape looked extremely frightened. Before they could swim far, the warship collided with them again and continued to knock them into the seabed.
Eighty warships went back and forth like this several times, and only a few pirates on the sea were left struggling to survive.
The warships sailed past without colliding with each other. The navy soldiers directly raised the thunder cannons, like
Just like a roll call, kill all the pirates.
It was not until it was confirmed that no pirates survived that the naval fleet regrouped and left here, heading towards the Sea of Pirates.
The pirates of the Sea of Pirates were out in force, but there were still some small pirates left here. They knew nothing about the naval battle, and thought that this time they would easily defeat the invading navy like before.
These remaining pirates are not at all prepared for foreign ships. After all, with such a huge fleet, no foreign ships can break in.
So, when the Ming Dynasty fleet arrived, these pirates had not yet recovered what was going on. However, with the remaining small sampans, even if these pirates were prepared, they would be nothing more than a mantis using their arms as a cart, and there would be no chance of any harm.
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Under Han Du's order, the Ming fleet directly gave up its strict formation and chose to go separate ways. With most of the pirates wiped out, these pitiful pirates posed no threat to the warships at all.
At first, the pirates were ferocious and wanted to fight the naval warship, but before they even got close to the warship, the ship was destroyed by cannons, and they just ran away for their lives.
Since the navy was not familiar with the waterways here and had to slow down, very few pirates managed to escape.
The navy didn't bother to care about the pirates who had escaped, and slowly and gradually cleaned up the sea of pirates.
Harder has watched this sea battle from beginning to end, and he no longer knows how to express his current mood. The strength of the pirates is not weak at all, and there are at least five or six hundred oars.
If you know the concept of this number, you need to find a reference for comparison.
As far as Hader knew, a city-state like Khrumos only owned twenty or thirty oars. Even an empire like the Ottomans only owned a few hundred oars.
The pirates are almost equally powerful.
But such a force, equivalent to that of an imperial navy, was like child's play in front of the Ming Dynasty navy, being easily crushed into pieces.
Although the warships of the Ming Navy suffered a lot of damage, none of them sank. In other words, the Ming Navy completely wiped out the naval power of an empire in a crushing manner, and suffered its own losses.
Very little.
How terrible is this?
Such a fleet is invincible!
> At least, Harder has not heard of it, and cannot imagine what kind of navy would be the opponent of the Ming Navy.
"Had. Had?" Han Du called Haer. Seeing that he didn't respond, he raised his voice and shouted again.
Hader suddenly realized that it was Han Du who was calling him. He quickly ran all the way to Han Du, bowed his head and said, "Hader is here. May I ask what the Marquis has ordered?"
Han Du gave Hard a strange look, a little surprised by his attitude.
How should I put it? The feeling that Hard gives Han Du now is that his attitude towards him is becoming more and more respectful.
Originally, Harder was respectful to himself, but he always had an arrogance in his heart that refused to admit defeat. It was as if although he knew the power of the Ming Dynasty, he had heard it from other people's ears and had not seen it with his own eyes.
He always looks at people from Ming Dynasty with suspicion.
But now, Han Du found that the doubt in Hard's eyes was gone, replaced by a gesture of surrender.
Han Du was very satisfied with the change in Hader's attitude. These people are like candles and cannot be lit unless they are lit.
"The obstacles to entering the sea of pirates are gone. Your mission is to lead me to find the pirates' treasures. I promise you that all the goods that belong to you will be given to you, but you must also do things for me and bring all the pirates' treasures to you."
Find all the treasures."
"Yes, your distinguished Lord Marquis, please rest assured that Harder will definitely find it." Harder's expression suddenly became excited.
Pirates' treasures are something that everyone talks about in Hurumos, and they are talked about by countless people every day. When he was poor, he also did something that one day he would find a pirate's treasure, become rich instantly, and get married.
Bai Fumei, sitting at the top of the manor.
It was only later that as Harder made money from his business, such thoughts gradually faded away.
Now being brought up by Han Du again, although Hard knew that these treasures did not belong to him even if they were found, he could not help but feel excited.
Which man can resist the excitement of treasure hunting?
After thinking for a while, Harder bowed again and said: "But Lord Marquis, if you want to find the treasure, I'm afraid you need to leave some pirates behind."
Han Du looked at Harder in confusion and asked: "I'm afraid an ordinary little pirate is of little use in finding treasures, right?"
This time the pirates are out in force, and those who really know the whereabouts of the treasure may have all perished in the sea. What's the use of just relying on some uninformed pirates?