The World of Martial Arts

Chapter 77 Pirates
After finishing the supplies, everyone weighed anchor and set sail the next day, aiming at the next island that Yihua Palace had never explored.

At this moment, Lian Xing locked herself in the room and sulked, Xu Zhengping didn't bother to pay attention to her.

Just because the voyage was not far from the island, everyone was targeted by a pirate ship.

Sure enough, the Wufeng flag is not hoisted, and it is extremely difficult to navigate in this sea area.

Fortunately, Xu Zhengping's three-masted ship was fast enough, and there was no cargo on board, so the other party chased him all night but couldn't catch up, so he had to give up in the end.

In fact, even if they catch up, there is nothing to be afraid of. The twelve heavy guns are not vegetarians. The sailors on the ship, the elite Nanshan Gang, and a group of masters will take advantage of it even if they fight the Tiaogang.

But things didn't end there. When everyone sailed to a sea area the next day, they saw a pirate ship ahead biting a merchant ship.

The guns on the bow of the pirate ship were very accurate, and the mainsail of the merchant ship was smashed with a single shot.

Most of Daming's seagoing ships use hard sails. Although they can make full use of the wind, they cannot be built very high due to their weight. In fact, the power is not as strong as that of soft sails.

The merchant ship's mainsail was interrupted, and its speed immediately slowed down. It was soon approached by a pirate ship, as if it was about to jump into a gang fight to seize the ship and kill people.

Lian Xing stood beside Xu Zhengping and asked, "Aren't you going to help? Your captain looks at you frequently, as if he wants you to help."

"I'm not much of a nosy."

Linghu Chong came over, "But that merchant ship has the Wufeng flag on it, if we save them, maybe we can ask them to come over!"

Xu Zhengping stared at Linghu Chong, finally nodded and said, "I agree with this reason."

So the boss of the ship was asked to approach, and the pirates found that Xu Zhengping and others were meddling in their own business, and immediately fired a warning.

The boss of the ship held his breath a long time ago, opened the six cannons on the side of the ship, and fired a salvo!

They are all experienced sailors, and they all have experience in fighting people at sea, so they hit very accurately, with four out of six hits!
The power of the heavy artillery should not be underestimated, and immediately opened a few holes in the pirate ship.

Seeing the ferocious firepower of the comer and not flying the Wufeng flag, the other party thought they were traveling together, and immediately set sail and ran away, even ignoring the pirates who jumped into the merchant ship.

After Xu Zhengping's ship approached the merchant ship, Lin Pingzhi, Linghu Chong, and Lei Zong jumped onto it first, and quickly helped the sailors on the merchant ship eliminate all the pirates.

The captain of the merchant ship, who is also the boss, personally came to thank Xu Zhengping.

Xu Zhengping was straightforward, "My help to you is not priceless."

"Of course, according to the rules of the sea, we must distribute at least half of the goods to everyone!"

Xu Zhengping shook his head and said, "I don't need your goods, just give me the Wufeng flag, and you can go."

The boss said: "If this is the case, I have to do you a favor. Without the Wufeng flag at sea, there will be more pirate attacks, unless you can escort us to Japan."

"Impossible. Our goal is not Japan. It is a group of islands in the southeast of Japan. We can only send them there at most."

The boss saw that Xu Zhengping had a compassionate Buddha face and was still rubbing Buddhist beads in his hands, but his attitude was very firm, and he was very difficult to speak.

He thought for a long time, "Well, let's sell it at a loss. When we get there, we will sell the goods at a low price, and then wait on the island for someone to go to the owner of the Wufeng flag to buy the flag and return to the voyage."

"That's your business."

After the discussion, the other party respectfully gave the Wufeng flag to Xu Zhengping.

Although flying this flag cannot avoid some unruly pirate attacks, it is enough to avoid most dangers. If you encounter the fleet of the owner of the Wufeng Banner, you can go with the team and get asylum for free. This is the meaning of the Wufeng Banner .

However, just as they were preparing to sail, the other party came over and informed that the hull of the ship was seriously damaged, and it was impossible to run with so much cargo. They hoped that Xu Zhengping's ship could help transfer some cargo.

The boss of the ship believed that his own ship was currently empty, so after seeking Xu Zhengping's consent, he and the other party came to anchor near an island and reef, and transferred the cargo onto the ship.

At night, when the goods were being transshipped, the owner of the merchant ship looked at Xu Zhengping's ship docked beside him on the deck, with a sneer on his face.

Next to him were two warriors, each talking in a low voice.

Finally, he leaned into the boss's ear, "Most of the goods have been moved for them, and they are all heavy goods, which are guaranteed to overwhelm their ships."

"Although this ship is very fast, tomorrow we will use a hook to lock their ship on the grounds of damage to the mast. In this way, their speed will be slower."

The boss nodded, "Xu Hai is ready."

"Please don't worry about this. The two young masters recognize Xu Hai as their uncle. How could he come to this area tomorrow morning without leaving the boat!"

"Hmph, these people are so arrogant, killed our young master, and killed so many of our fellows, do you think we don't know?

The entire sea area is the eyes and ears of our Guangzhou Shipping Division!Tomorrow will make them eat the bitter fruit and regret being born into this world! "

After such a delay of nearly a day, the two ships officially set off.

After sailing for more than ten miles, at the end of the sea and sky, two pirate warships galloped through the waves!All three-masted ships!
The captain of the ship was startled, and quickly shouted: "Mr. Xu, we have loaded a lot of cargo, and I am afraid it will be difficult to get rid of them this time!"

Xu Zhengping wondered: "It's okay to be robbed without flying the Wufeng flag before, but this time he was robbed while flying the flag. Could it be that the pirates at sea don't follow the rules?"

While ordering the sailors to prepare for battle, the boss of the ship said, "Mr. Xu, no matter what, we have to start fighting now!"

Xu Zhengping nodded, but his eyes turned to the cargo ship next to him. The mainsail of the other party was smashed, and in order to borrow the strength of his own sail, he used the hook lock to climb onto the side of his own ship.

He immediately called Lei Zong, Lin Pingzhi and Linghu Chong.

"I don't think the situation is right. There is something wrong with the ship next to it. You board the ship now. If they make a slight change, I will immediately control the captain!"

Linghu Chong was surprised: "Mr. Xu, they are serious businessmen, do you suspect that they are colluding with pirates?"

Xu Zhengping nodded and said: "What a coincidence, we encountered pirates the day before yesterday, and we used our speed to throw them off.

Soon I met this merchant ship yesterday. At first they wanted to thank us and send us a shipment of goods.

Later, when I refused to accept it, they still transferred the goods to our ship under the pretext of being unable to sail, and hooked our ship's side with a hook and lock to borrow sail strength.

After greatly slowing down the speed of our sea-going ship, some pirates came after us, hehe..."

The three of them were shocked, and Lian Xing said beside him: "Give me the antidote, you are outnumbered and need help."

Xu Zhengping waved his hand to tell the three of them to act first, then turned around and said, "Palace Master Lian Xing's martial arts make me very worried."

Lianxing smiled sarcastically, "You keep saying you want to give me freedom, but you restrict me more strictly than my sister."

"That's because you and I are worried about each other. You didn't show your determination to resist your sister. Naturally, I can't give you your freedom and put me in danger."

"Hmph! Give me a sword! If you lose, I will never be humiliated!"

Xu Zhengping came to Lian Xing's side and untied a few acupuncture points on her body. Although the effect of Ruanjin San was still there, preventing her from fully using her internal energy, once the acupuncture points were untied, she could already use a small amount of true energy.

"There are a lot of weapons in the cabin, you can go down and pick whatever you want. I believe that at this level, you are more than enough to deal with ordinary pirates. The kung fu of transferring flowers to jade is to use softness to overcome strength, and use small to make big."

Lianxing snorted coldly, shook her sleeves and left.

Xu Zhengping looked around the deck, the boatswain had already dispatched weapons for everyone, the most common ones were Japanese sword and Yanling sword.

Both of these knives are known for their sharpness and sharpness, and can cut off human limbs with a single stroke.

At the same time, everyone started to wear armor, all of which were paper armor bought from corrupt officials of the NB City Shipping Department.

Although it is made of hard paper, it is enough to prevent stabbing with swords and swords. It is basically immune to bows and arrows, and because of the flexibility of the paper, it can also prevent guns from a certain distance.

The Ming Navy will basically be equipped with this, which is cheaper and lighter than iron armor.

At the moment of intense preparations for the battle, a change came from the nearby merchant ship, and the sailors on board forbade Lin Pingzhi from going into the cabin.

Lin Pingzhi went forcibly regardless of whether the other party was an accomplice of the pirates.

Immediately, Linghu Chong and Lei Zong were also involved, and they fought against the opposing sailors.

At the same time, several windows of the merchant ship's cabin suddenly opened, and four cannons stretched out, almost touching Xu Zhengping's big ship, and they were about to fire in the face!
(End of this chapter)