How to explain it?
Yang Fan was a little confused!
He said that there are no immortals, ghosts and gods in this world, but he couldn't justify it in his heart.
After all, it doesn't make sense to travel to the Tang Dynasty.
It is said that there are ghosts and gods, but he has never seen them before, which will make these ancient people obsessed with immortality even more obsessed.
If royal families like Li Tai were obsessed with pursuing immortality, how could they have the time to govern the country?
Therefore, neither the left nor the right. Yang Fan hesitated and hesitated, and he was so anxious that he broke out in sweat!
At this moment, Su Dingfang's voice came from behind: "Grand Governor, the escaped pirates are on a small island more than twenty miles away. There are about fifty warships there. Do we want to attack them immediately?"
Yang Fan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and almost jumped up and hugged Su Dingfang for a kiss. This guy came at the perfect time!
Li Tai's sight was indeed diverted, and he suddenly said excitedly: "That thing can really see so far?"
In Li Tai's opinion, the telescope can see things dozens of miles away. This thing is really useful!
In the future, as long as you are equipped with binoculars when marching and fighting, there is almost no chance of being ambushed.
Especially in the vast sea, there is no possibility of being surrounded.
"The products produced by Yang Mansion must be top quality!" Yang Fan smiled proudly.
With that said, he turned to Su Dingfang and said, "Send the order to Xue Rengui and ask him to cooperate in the encirclement and suppression!"
Hearing this, Su Dingfang took a deep breath.
This was his first real battle as a commander after coming to Jiangnan.
Although I have experienced countless battles, this time is different.
Not only because this was a naval battle that he was completely unfamiliar with, but also because he had to display the prestige of the Governor's Mansion.
The people from these aristocratic families on the ship were watching helplessly. If those pirates were allowed to escape, they would really be laughed at!
Thinking of this, Su Dingfang issued the order under pressure.
"The artillery on the ship aimed at the pirates' ships and destroyed all their ships; at the same time, the navy led by Xue Rengui was ordered to go south along the coast to form an encirclement with our warships, and the battle will be decided!"
As his order was issued, the signal soldier standing on the mast waved the flag and passed the order to Xue Rengui and the operators at various positions on the ship.
The crew on the ship received the order and quickly adjusted the coordinates. The black gun muzzle was directly aimed at the island where the pirates were located.
Xue Rengui in the distance received the order, and four warships carrying countless small boats quickly formed a siege on the island. Hundreds of ships drew white splashes on the sea.
In an instant, all parts were deployed and went straight to their combat positions.
The battleship sailed quickly on the sea. Because it sailed at full speed, the speed was so fast that the people on board were frightened.
The warship was so fast that they were really afraid of the risk of hitting the rocks and sinking.
After all, this is in the vast ocean, which is completely different from inland rivers and lakes.
Although Yang Fan's battleship is larger than all the ships they have taken before, facing the vast sea, it is only a drop in the ocean.
If an accident occurs, all the people in the boat will fall into the sea to feed the fish.
Fortunately, this battleship is very powerful. Even if the wind and waves are very strong, everyone on the ship still feels quite stable, and there is no sense of capsizing at any time like the previous sailboat.
As for the small island in the distance, the harbor was calm and the warm waves gently licked the side of the ship. More than fifty ships were docked casually beside a beach.
On a huge five-tooth warship, Rikuo sat on the boat with a gloomy expression.
He really couldn't imagine that there was something so powerful in the world.
Although I heard that Yang Fan had thermal weapons in the battle at Yuntai Mountain, it was not so evil!
Thinking about the dozen or so five-tooth battleships that had been lost, Rikuo felt heartbroken.
With his familiarity with this sea area, he quickly hid on this small island. There was nothing he could do about it.
He knew that his fleet was no match for Yang Fan's battleship, even if the opponent only had one ship.
In fact, Yang Fan was huge and strong at that time, which made Lu Xiong feel fear from the bottom of his heart.
But he was still a little unwilling to do so. He had been the king in this area for more than ten years, but he didn't expect to be taken over by Yang Fan. How could he swallow this sigh of relief?
Fortunately, most of the natives on the island were killed during the retreat.
In Rikuo's view, those islands are now sparsely populated, and those nobles who have lived a prosperous life must look down on the dilapidated islands.
As long as Yang Fan retreats, he can continue to dominate.
Of course, due to the hasty retreat, there are still countless valuables, money and silk left on the island. How can Rikuo not feel distressed about this?
After all, these are years of savings.
What's more important is that now he has become a homeless child, drifting alone on the sea.
If he is not replenished in time, he will gradually decline, and anyone will even pounce on him and bite him.
In the world of pirates, the jungle of the jungle prevails.
People traveling in the same trade are enemies. When plundering merchant ships, if the other party is more docile, they will sometimes let the other party live.
But among pirates, they usually seem to be joking and harmonious, but once someone is in trouble, they will pounce on them like sharks smelling blood in the sea. Without one competitor, they will have more rations.
What's more, I had no mercy towards those pirates back then.
Rikuo looked up at the sky. At this time, the sky was full of glow, and it was estimated that it would be dark soon.
This made Rikuo secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
In his opinion, as long as he survives today and waits for other pirates to come to support him, he will no longer be afraid of Yang Fan's super battleship.
I just wonder if Yang Fan will stay nearby to give him a chance to fight back?
As long as Yang Fan's battleship can be kept, even if the loss is huge, Lu Xiong will become the true king of this sea area.
By that time, countless stragglers will come to join him.
If you are lucky, you can even directly invade the hinterland of Jiangnan and become the true master of Jiangnan.
As for whether Yang Fan would come to pursue him, Lu Xiong was not worried at all.
Not to mention whether Yang Fan can catch up with him, besides, the Jiangnan family has always been a good guy, and they will definitely not risk their lives against him.
Simply speaking, this sea area is densely covered with islands and waterways. As long as you stay here steadily, you will never be discovered!
Rikuo was troubled.
Once reinforcements arrive, should we take the initiative to keep Yang Fan?
After thinking about it, Rikuo finally didn't dare and sighed secretly in his heart.
It seems the only option is to wait until dark!
Yang Fan was not familiar with the nearby hydrological conditions, so he would not dare to run around at night.
As long as all the pirates in the nearby waters are gathered together, even if they cannot recapture the island, they will definitely be able to escape smoothly.
Rikuo made up his mind to be a coward for a day and just wait here.
Wait until reinforcements arrive and see if we can recover the lost ground!
After running around for a long time in fear, Riku Xiongbai's stomach growled.
He was about to ask his men to find some food, but found that they were staring at the sea in the distance with their heads raised.
Lu Xiong was furious. He kicked the soldier closest to him and cursed: "Look, it's almost dark. Why don't you quickly tell the cook to light a fire to make rice? Don't you want to eat?"
The subordinate was kicked, so he quickly got up from the deck, pointed to the sea in the distance and said hesitantly: "Boss, look if there is a ship chasing you over there, it seems that there are hundreds of ships over there! "
"What the hell, are you dazzled? Even if all the naval forces from Jiangnan are sent, there won't be so many. What's more, doesn't the other party only have one ship?"
Rikuo was so angry that he punched and kicked his men until they screamed.
At this time, the crew on the watchtower also shouted: "Boss, there are ships, there are many ships..."
Is there really a boat?
Could it be that the pirates who support him have arrived?
Judging by the time, they shouldn't be able to come so quickly, right?
Rikuo took a few strides to the bow of the ship and looked at the pirates in the distance...
This didn't seem to matter, but it made him take a breath!
It turns out that it is really slowly heading towards the island...
Judging from the direction of travel of these ships, the direction of the island to the sea has been completely blocked.
Rikuo was dumbfounded.
Where did so many ships appear at once?
Rikuo was dumbfounded!
It's just that these ships are still relatively far away, and the signs on the ships can't be seen at all.
Obviously, all the escaped men discovered these ships and walked to the deck one after another, pointing at the ships and talking about them, but no one knew whether these ships were enemies or friends.
Rikuo pulled his hair, looking confused.
He didn't know whether these ships had any malicious intent.
If it is said that other pirates came to support, I have never seen other pirates with so many ships!
If not, where did Yang Fan find so many ships?
Rikuo had a clear understanding of the strength of Jiangnan Navy.
According to the previous configuration of Jiangnan Navy, it is impossible to produce so many ships. This is why Riku Xiong is able to dominate the Jiangnan coastal area.
The men who were frightened just now thought that these ships were coming for support.
One by one, they looked at the boats and pointed with interest.
Just wait until the ship gets closer, and you can vaguely see the outline of the ship.
Seeing a huge warship arriving at the front, the dark and shiny hull made the pirates' expressions change drastically!
They are most familiar with this new type of ship.
I was scared to death by this kind of ship just now.
What makes them unbelievable is where Yang Fan went to get so many advanced warships.
Although there were only four huge warships, they were not something they could defeat.
They knew the power of that thing very well, and no one had the courage to resist desperately.
Seeing this, Lu Xiong's expression changed drastically, and he shouted in a sharp voice: "Hurry up and launch your ships in an array to rush out, Yang Fan is chasing you!"
Only then did the pirates react, and they were hurriedly pulling out anchors, looking for weapons, and the warships were in chaos!
As soon as the ship turned around, they saw a huge fleet roaring towards them!
Rikuo looked at his men who were still in confusion and knew that the battle at this time would be a defeat or a victory, so he could only shout: "Retreat from the north!"
You can keep the green hills without worrying about having firewood. Since you can't defeat him, run away quickly!
The north is where pirates gather. As long as you escape there, you can have a chance of survival.
But he couldn't figure out why so many powerful warships suddenly appeared in Jiangnan?
While Rikuo was tangled in his heart and making random guesses, he ordered his men to turn around and run away.
After looking at the scattered warships, Rikuo sighed depressedly.
If these warships were destroyed, Rikuo would never have a chance to make a comeback.
Suddenly, another burst of horn sound came faintly.
Rikuo was stunned. He was very familiar with the sound of the horn.
Just when this sound arose, his fleet was quickly blown up.
But when he looked up, those ships were still far away. Could it be that those powerful cannonballs could hit them from such a long distance?
Thinking of this, Rikuo was suddenly frightened to death!
But before he could let his men sail the boat away, streaks of fire flew in the air.
Looking at these things in the sky, Riku Xiong understood that they were the powerful cannonballs just now. Unable to think about it, Riku Xiong shouted: "Quickly abandon the ship and escape to the island!"
As soon as he finished speaking, countless cannonballs landed on the ship.
The roar of the explosion resounded across the sea, and the ship was instantly blown to pieces.
The sea near the island burst into flames.
Rikuo led a group of his men to flee to the island in disgrace, drew out his horizontal sword and shouted sternly: "Young men, it seems that the other side is going to kill us. The only way to survive is to fight to the death. Wait until the other side reaches the shore, follow me. kill!"
"Kill, kill, kill..."
The pirates who were forced into a desperate situation gathered ferocious anger, gnashed their teeth, clenched their weapons, and waited for the upcoming decisive battle!
On the battleship, Li Tai was using his binoculars to watch a ship falling into a sea of fire and became stunned.
Even if one could imagine the power of the artillery, one could not imagine that these artillery can hit such a distance. You must know that the battleship is now more than ten miles away from the island.
What surprised him even more was, when did Yang Fan build so many big ships?
No need to guess, this may be the warship led by Xue Rengui.
Seeing that all the pirate ships were destroyed, Yang Fan smiled and waved: "Go ahead at full speed and meet Xue Rengui's fleet as soon as possible."
In less than a quarter of an hour, the battleship merged with the navy led by Xue Rengui.
As the ship docked, countless naval soldiers quickly rushed to the island.
The navy soldiers are all elite, and the pirates on the sea are also brave. Both sides are equally matched. As soon as the battle takes place, a bright red flower of blood will appear.
Rikuo knew very well that he could not retreat under any circumstances at this time, otherwise when all the navy came ashore, it would be impossible to escape!
While he kept urging his soldiers to resist, he asked his soldiers to find ships to escape.
As for the remaining men, Rikuo can't control so much, so let them fight with the navy.
Even if the entire army is wiped out, as long as you can buy yourself a little chance to escape, it's worth it!
The navy led by Xue Rengui did not have much combat experience, but relied on its strong combat power and sophisticated weapons and armor to gradually gain the upper hand. Both sides became entangled and became a mess.
Riku Xiong was jumping anxiously on the side, but he didn't dare to lead others to fight out.
Looking at his men who were being hacked one after another, Lu Xiong's heart was bleeding and his eyes were splitting. This was his root cause!
Without these men who are not afraid of death, it will be difficult for him, Rikuo, to gain a foothold in this sea area!
The family fortune that had been built with so much hard work for more than ten years was lost in one fell swoop.
At this moment, the soldiers came over and reported: "Boss, we found the boat, over there!"
A small fishing boat was parked in a secret place on the beach.
Lu Xiong was ecstatic and shouted: "Young men, hold on, as long as you can stay for half an hour, I will reward you with a hundred dollars each!"
After saying that, he led a group of soldiers and ran to the fishing boat to prepare for an escape.
Looking at the small fishing boat, Lu Xiong secretly thought he was lucky.
Although this kind of boat is small, it is very flexible. Although it cannot go out to sea when the wind and waves are slightly strong, it is definitely a weapon for escape.
As long as you can break out of the siege, you can escape!
But just when he was secretly happy, a black shadow suddenly jumped out.
With a few thrusts from a spear, several soldiers on the shore were stabbed with several holes in an instant. They fell into the sea without even making a scream.
(End of chapter)
