Cannon fire rang out from the ship.
Iron balls turned into streams of light from mid-air and shot towards the island.
Unfortunately, none of the four iron balls hit the house on the island, and the iron balls rolled aside.
Although it missed, it still shocked the people on the island.
Duan Ping, who was observing the situation on the island with a monocular telescope, had a dark face and said: "Let our gunners bombard the largest house on the island, and tell them that if they still miss this time, they will all go back to the martial arts hall to recover. I We don’t want useless gunners like this on our ships.”
The ordering soldier agreed and ran to convey the order.
Li Yao on the side of the ship said: "The largest house on the island is probably Mao Wenlong's residence. Do you really plan to let our gunners bombard his house?"
"Since we want to bombard Pidao, we naturally have to pick the house with the biggest official to bomb." Duan Ping said.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The cannon sounded again, and four iron balls flew out from the ship.
Except for one iron ball that missed the target, the remaining three iron balls hit the roof of the house on the island.
Wow!
A hole was exposed in the roof of the house where Mao Wenlong lived. The iron ball smashed through the roof and damaged some furniture in the house.
Two iron balls smashed half of the house.
Another iron ball hit another roof.
"Sir, leave quickly!"
In the room next to the house whose roof was smashed, several soldiers protected Mao Wenlong and ran outside.
A group of people came to the yard. Before they could stand still, another iron ball roared over and hit the house where they were.
"What's going on? Who's having sex?" Mao Wenlong's face was livid.
The soldier on the side said: "Sir, we can't stay in the yard any longer. It's better to find a cave to take shelter quickly."
"Fart, I am the deputy commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, how can I hide?" Mao Wenlong said angrily, "Gather the troops and horses and follow me to meet the enemy."
Just as he was talking, Mao Chenglu ran in with someone from outside.
"Father, please leave with the child quickly. The people from the Tiger Flag specially selected houses on the island to bombard. Several houses have been destroyed." Mao Chenglu said eagerly.
Mao Wenlong said coldly: "What on earth is going on?"
"It's too late to say anything. The adoptive father will find a safe place with the child first." Mao Chenglu said to Mao Wenlong.
Mao Wenlong did not object. He knew that this was not the time to lose his temper, so he left his house with Mao Chenglu.
There are caves on the island specially used to store food.
Mao Wenlong and his party retreated to this cave used to store food.
There are Pi Island soldiers guarding both inside and outside the cave, and the cave is at a high place, further away from the sea, so it is much safer.
Standing at the entrance of the cave, Mao Wenlong looked at the cargo ship on the sea, emitting streaks of fire. He knew that it was the ship's cannon firing.
"Father, I am incompetent and failed to capture the cargo ship carrying the tiger flag." Mao Chenglu knelt on the ground.
Mao Wenlong glanced at him coldly and asked, "Where is Shopkeeper Xu?"
"The child has been arrested." Mao Chenglu said, and then he said to a Pidao soldier on the side, "Go and escort Xu Xuewu over."
Not long after, two Pidao soldiers came over escorting Xu Xuewu, whose hands were tied.
"Who tied up shopkeeper Xu?" Mao Wenlong's face sank.
Mao Chenglu lowered his head and said, "It was the boy who kidnapped shopkeeper Xu secretly."
Mao Wenlong, who was standing aside, raised his leg and kicked Mao Chenglu, knocking Mao Chenglu over. At the same time, he said: "Who asked you to tie up shopkeeper Xu? Don't you know that when I first arrived at Pi Island, I lacked Food and soldiers, it was shopkeeper Xu who sent us the things we were in urgent need of, which led to the great victory in Zhenjiang."
"I know my mistake, please punish me." Mao Chenglu knelt in front of Mao Wenlong again.
Mao Wenlong said expressionlessly: "You are at fault for daring to tie up Shopkeeper Xu privately. Now I will order you to apologize to Shopkeeper Xu."
Xu Xuewu on the side watched Mao Wenlong's performance calmly without saying a word.
He was not a fool, so how could he not know that everything Mao Wenlong did was staged for him to see.
Mao Chenglu stood up, bowed to Xu Xuewu, and said: "Shopkeeper Xu, I drank a lot of wine before and did a lot of stupid things in my daze. I apologize to you here. Please don't do it, shopkeeper Xu." Blame.”
Xu Xuewu smiled and said, "It's not all General Mao's fault. The common people also drank a lot and said some outrageous words, which caused General Mao to misunderstand."
"Just let the misunderstanding go." Mao Wenlong, who was standing between the two people, said with a smile, "Come here, please untie Shopkeeper Xu quickly."
"Father, let the boy come!" Mao Chenglu said, "Shopkeeper Xu's hands were tied by the boy. Now it is up to the boy to untie shopkeeper Xu himself."
"That's fine." Mao Wenlong nodded.
Mao Chenglu detoured behind Xu Xuewu, stretched out his hands, and untied the rope tied to Xu Xuewu's wrist.
"Thank you, General Mao." Xu Xuewu, who had just been released, bowed his hands to Mao Chenglu.
After being untied, Mao Chenglu stepped aside and stood beside Mao Wenlong.
Mao Wenlong looked at Xu Xuewu and said, "Shopkeeper Xu, now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, should you ask your people to stop shelling and stop firing on the island?"
Xu Xuewu leaned forward and said: "Reporting to your lord, the civilians have no choice but to wait for a while for the bombardment to stop and the civilians to return to the boat. When the people on the boat see that the civilians are safe and sound, they will naturally not continue to bombard Pi Island. "
Hearing this, Mao Wenlong frowned.
When the bombardment is over, there will be no need for Xu Xuewu to talk.
Mao Chenglu, who was standing next to him, noticed Mao Wenlong's slightly dissatisfied look, and said to Xu Xuewu: "Shopkeeper Xu, I had someone tie you up before. It was my fault. Now I have apologized to you, but yours People are still bombarding Pi Island, I’m afraid that’s not good!”
"It's not that the grassroots don't want the shelling to stop, it's actually that the shelling is being fierce right now. The grassroots are worried that they will be hit by the shells fired from the sea before they get close to the dock." Xu Xue said helplessly, "If the grassroots die in On Phi Island, no matter whether he is killed by gunfire or not, my boss will bring his anger to Phi Island."
There was a lot of threat in the words.
Mao Wenlong's face became very ugly.
He was the dignified deputy commander-in-chief and the de facto commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, but he was threatened by a businessman, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Tiger Character Banner is a well-known business name in Datong, and it naturally has a deep foundation in Datong. He is the deputy commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, and his hands are not that long, so he cannot reach Datong at all, and Tiger Character Banner is backed by Wei Gong.
As for the Xu Xuewu in front of him, he knew that even if he killed the opponent, it would not be of much use. He would only anger the Tiger Flag. When the time comes, there will be no goods delivered by the Tiger Flag, and Dongjiang Town will still suffer the loss.
"Sir, General Chen is here." A soldier on the side whispered.
Mao Wenlong looked outside the cave.
On the road leading to the cave, Chen Zhong and several personal guards were seen running towards the cave.
