After the ship approaching from the sea approached Phi Island, the ship came sideways and aimed its side at Phi Island.
"No, the people on the boat are going to attack."
After seeing the behavior of the maritime fleet through a monocular, Mao Wenlong's expression suddenly changed.
Pidao had been bombarded by ships carrying the Tiger Flag before, so it knew exactly what it meant when a ship crossing the Tiger Flag crossed the sea.
The cannons of large ships under the Tiger Flag are mainly concentrated on the sides of the ship on both sides.
"My subordinates will arrange for the soldiers on the shore to withdraw to the island." Mao Chenglu turned around and was about to go to the dock on the island.
At this time, Mao Wenlong raised his hand to stop him and said: "Don't worry about the people on the shore. It's too late to withdraw now. You go back and gather all the governor's soldiers here, and then deal with them after they get to the island. "
Based on the coastal defense situation of Phi Island, he could only deal with slave pirates without large ships. Facing a fleet with huge warships like the Tiger Flag, all he could do was to abandon the coastline of Phi Island.
"Yes." Mao Chenglu agreed, turned around and ran away.
boom! boom! boom!
As soon as Mao Chenglu left, ship cannons on the sea were fired.
Each of the ship's cannons that made a deafening sound was more powerful and had a larger caliber than the Ming Dynasty's most powerful Hongyi cannon.
The cannonballs smashed into the seawater, splashing up water columns. Several cannonballs that fell into the seawater not far from the shore made the seawater around the shore even more turbid.
The common people and soldiers guarding the shore and near the docks immediately fled towards the heights of Phi Island when they saw the big ships firing cannons at sea.
It was daytime at this time, and the people living on the island needed to work during the day to make a living. More than half of the people were working on the coast. On the side near the pier, a merchant ship from Shandong was docked, and goods were being loaded onto the ship. .
Phi Island was bombarded, and the coolies who loaded the merchant ships with goods and the soldiers guarding the docks all fled. The sailors on the merchant ships also returned to the ship, trying to escape from Phi Island.
However, the merchant ship was not far from the dock when it was immediately bombarded. Soon one side of the ship was penetrated and seawater poured in. The people on board had no choice but to return the ship to the dock.
"Ask Xing Chaoxi to lead people to the island immediately, and the ship's cannon will help them drive away the people on the shore." Zheng Tie ordered his messenger.
The messenger came under the mast and asked people to play flags to notify Xing Chaoxi who was riding on other ships.
At sea, it is difficult for ships to communicate directly with each other by voice, so semaphores have become the main means of communication between ships.
The main ship conveyed the order via semaphore.
Soon, small boats were lowered one after another, and many soldiers holding firecrackers and wearing leather or cotton armor rowed to the shore through the small boats.
"If the governor had such a huge cannon, how could he allow these young men to be so arrogant here." Mao Wenlong watched the giant ships at sea continue to bombard Pi Island, feeling furious but unable to do anything about it.
Yupi Dao's strength was barely enough to deal with the slaves and thieves. Facing the huge ships in front of him that were like moving cities, there was nothing he could do.
There are also ships on Phi Island, but compared with these giant ships on the sea, the ships on Phi Island are like simple rafts, which are completely incomparable, let alone fighting in the sea.
So after seeing these giant ships on the sea, Mao Wenlong never thought of using the ship on the island to go to sea.
The shoreline near the pier was quickly cleared.
Small boats on the sea were quickly approaching the Pier of Pi Island. Even so, no soldiers guarding the Pier dared to pass by.
"Captain, my subordinates have brought all the people here, a total of 605 people." Mao Chenglu rushed back to Mao Wenlong.
The more than 600 people he mentioned were the total number of Mao Wenlong's soldiers.
Mao Wenlong raised his hand and pointed to the sea and said: "If you are asked to bring the governor's personal servants, can you stop the enemies at sea from coming ashore?"
Mao Chenglu looked towards the sea.
In order to allow him to see more clearly, Mao Wenlong handed the monocular telescope to Mao Chenglu and asked him to observe the small boats on the sea preparing to dock and land.
Mao Chenglu, who observed the sea surface for a while through the monocular telescope in his hand, said with an ugly face: "The ships are all soldiers with the Tiger Flag."
"I will give you all my soldiers, as long as you can prevent the enemy from landing." Mao Wenlong looked at Mao Chenglu in front of him expressionlessly.
Mao Chenglu knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Please rest assured, foster father, I will definitely stop the enemy at sea."
"Get up." Mao Wenlong helped Mao Chenglu up with both hands and said with concern, "No matter what the outcome is, you must come back alive for me no matter what."
As he said that, he patted Mao Chenglu hard on the shoulder.
Mao Chenglu put on his iron helmet and summoned six hundred soldiers and servants. Some of them were on horseback and most of them were on two legs. They rushed towards the Pier of Pi Island along the road under their feet.
"Why are you still standing here? Take your soldiers to assist Chenglu." Mao Wenlong looked at the other fake beside him and said unhappily.
Among the many fake sons and grandsons, the one he trusted the most was Mao Chenglu, otherwise he would not have handed over all his soldiers and servants to Mao Chenglu to control.
"Yes, my subordinates are going to assist General Mao." Mao Dusi agreed and ran away from Mao Wenlong.
At this time, the sound of cannons on the sea was much quieter, and several small boats coming from the sea were already approaching the pier of Pi Island.
People on the boat began to jump off the boat, waded through the water and rushed to the side of the dock, forming a fighting formation.
Soon, dozens of soldiers who got off the ship gathered on the shore, guarding an open space on the shore, waiting for subsequent ships to land smoothly.
"Kill with me!"
Mao Chenglu, who came from the heights of Pi Island, raised the spear in his hand, pointed forward, and took the lead on horseback to rush towards the Tiger Flag soldiers on the shore.
boom! boom! boom!
Dozens of soldiers guarding the shore fired their muskets one after another to prevent the officers and soldiers on the island from approaching.
Four or five officers and soldiers who had been shot fell from their horses to the ground.
However, Mao Chenglu and the soldiers and servants did not slow down or hesitate at all, and still maintained a charging posture towards the Tiger Flag soldiers occupying a corner of the coast.
"Fire the bayonet!"
The officer among the soldiers holding the Tiger Flag who stood on the coast shouted loudly, and at the same time he took out the bayonet from his waist and put it on the muzzle of the gun.
"Stand up the gun!"
Twenty soldiers holding fire guns in their hands squatted down, with the tail of the fire gun pressed against the ground, and the end with the bayonet tilted forward, pointing forward.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Mao Chenglu took the lead in drawing the bow and shooting arrows.
More than a dozen feather arrows were fired at the enemy's battle formation on the coast.
Several Tiger Flag soldiers were shot by arrows. One of the soldiers was hit in the face by an arrow and died on the spot.
The body was dragged away by the soldiers behind, and immediately there was a vacant position on top of the soldiers.
