Liu Yi said loudly: "Uncle Guangting, I have just sent two ships out, one to report to the settlement, asking them to be careful, and then asked them to send a message to the Quanzhou Navy, asking for protection, so the settlement There will be no problem! The other ship is to deliver the letter to the owner! Once the owner receives the letter, he will definitely reinforce the settlement!"
Liu Guangting's expression softened a lot when he heard this, but he still said loudly: "Water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the near! Only if you return to the settlement will you be absolutely sure!"
Liu Yi smiled and said loudly: "Uncle Guangting, we went into the sea together. We will live together and die together. How can there be so many opinions!"
As soon as the two people said these words, the horn sounded outside, and the pirates had attacked again! After all, it is very close to dark now, and the sun has begun to approach the horizon. If you delay for too long, something may happen! And this time the pirates also put up all their strength from the beginning. It seems that they are ready to complete their victory in one battle!
As ordered, the complete ships gathered in groups of two or three, covering each other with artillery and muskets, causing a lot of damage to the pirates. But unfortunately, their numbers are too small to resist the desperate pirates! So soon a ship will be caught by the flying claws, and then the pirates will come close to board the ship!
And as long as a ship is boarded by pirates, the pirates will send more ships to attack, and the two sides will go head-to-head! Fortunately, Liu Guangting equipped each ship with a lot of short muskets. These short muskets took a lot of advantage in the melee and caused a lot of damage to the pirates!
But this is not a long-term solution after all! After several rounds of charges, several groups were already tightly entangled by the pirates and completely separated from the formation! Liu Guangting sent reinforcements several times but failed to bring them back!
Just as Liu Yang and his men had just withdrawn, there was an earth-shattering explosion on the ship in the distance! Everyone looked up and saw a flash of fire followed by a mushroom cloud of smoke rising up! A ship has been blown to pieces by an explosion from the inside out!
The companion ship on its left was severely damaged at the moment of the explosion! As for the bows of the three pirate ships that besieged him, almost all of them were opened, and all the pirates who boarded the ship were killed or injured! Even the pirates who were still waiting to board their own ship suffered heavy losses and no longer had the strength to fight! It seems that after running out of ammunition and reinforcements, the soldiers on the ship lit the powder keg and died together with the pirates!
Seeing the rising mushroom cloud, Liu Guangting's eyes turned red! He knew this meant that at least the people on both ships had been killed or injured! This is a huge loss, but he knows better that morale can be boosted but not let down! So he said loudly: "Okay! Okay! All of my brothers are indeed good men! If I don't die today, I will take revenge!"
Others around him also shouted angrily and loudly: "Revenge! Revenge!"
Taking this opportunity, Liu Guangting organized a raid and snatched back the three ships closest to them! However, more than half of the sailors on these three ships have been killed or injured!
As soon as they returned to the fleet, there were two explosions in other directions! It must be that soldiers on two more ships saw no hope of escape and were inspired by their companions to light the powder barrels!
After two consecutive explosions, the pirates discovered to their horror that the sailors on the other side seemed to be crazy! Once they are outnumbered, they will ignite gunpowder to blow up the ship and take them on the road together! This made the attacking pirates frightened and did not dare to attack with all their strength. The offensive actually slowed down for a while!
At this moment, the sun had exhausted its last ray of light and completely submerged under the sea level. The sea suddenly became dark. In order to prevent them from breaking out, Li Dazui and the others lit up lamps and torches early to illuminate the sea area!
Seeing the opponent's posture, Liu Guangting didn't want to let them leave, so he had to take this opportunity to reorganize his team and prepare to find another opportunity to break out, so there was a strange calm on the battlefield for a period of time.
Now Liu Guangting can control less than half of the ships, but fortunately the remaining ships are tall and sturdy ships, well maintained, and capable of combat. The remaining ships with more serious losses were arranged on the periphery. A special person is arranged on the ship to light the gunpowder once the other party seizes the ship. In this situation
Next, the exhausted two sides finally reached a stalemate.
However, the pirates did not pause for long, and they quickly organized the next round of siege. But this time they were frightened by the opponent's self-destruction, so the attack seemed a bit calm, but particularly solid.
The pirates first used a small number of manpower to entangle the opponent's defense, and then used artillery and firecrackers to bombard them from a distance, killing as many people as possible. When the opponent's manpower is almost exhausted, use elites to raid the cabin to prevent the opponent from blowing up. .
Although this method of fighting takes longer, it is relatively safer. After all, everyone has the instinct to survive, and no one wants to die unless it is a last resort, which gives them the possibility of a successful raid. Many sailors in the cabin were captured by their surprise attack without igniting the gunpowder barrels!
The battle lasted for more than two hours, during which several ships successfully self-destructed, but most of the ships were lost and a few were taken away. Most of the ships were abandoned by Liu Guangting because the sailors suffered too many losses.
At this time, Liu Guangting gathered Liu Ming and others together, and said with a long sigh: "This time, I was arrogant and careless, and led you into a dead end. I have betrayed the great trust of the second young master! So you must find a way to escape in a while Go out and explain everything to the second young master clearly, and ask him to avenge us!"
Liu Ming said loudly: "Uncle Guangting, don't talk so much! If we want to live, we will live together, and if we die, we will die together!"
Liu Yi also said loudly: "Yes! If you kill one, you will be enough. If you kill two, we will earn one! I think I can kill a hundred before I die!"
Liu Guangting said seriously: "Our life and death is a small matter, but delaying the second young master's affairs is a big deal! In fact, the second young master has high hopes for us, but my carelessness ruined the matter. I don't know how much time it will be wasted! So no matter what, you guys Get out!"
Everyone was just talking, but Liu Guangting raised her hand to stop her and said: "Now that I am still alive, you all have to listen to my arrangements! Otherwise, I will die in peace!"
When everyone heard this, all the thoughts in their hearts turned into sighs, and they all lowered their heads involuntarily. Then Liu Guangting took a breath and said: "After a while, I will light the prepared boat and use the fire boat to open the way. Then the others will follow, and I will break the rear! Remember, rush to the west! As long as you rush out, no one will care about anyone, then Don’t look back if you’re afraid someone will be surrounded! Rush to the coastline, then go back south along the coastline to protect the settlement!”
