Author: Mobei Shasha Knife

There was a loud explosion, and both sides fired chain bombs.

The opponent's pirate ship is located on the right side, opposite Xu Zhengping's side. They have a total of twenty cannons, but they can only place ten on one side. Xu Zhengping's side has concentrated twelve cannons on one side.

Although the overall number of artillery is not as good as that of the opponent, the firepower exchanged on one side takes advantage of it.

A volley of chain rounds hit Xu Zhengping's ship. One of the masts was knocked shaky, but was immediately pulled back with ropes by sailors climbing on other masts and stabilized again.

The twelve artillery pieces on Xu Zhengping's side had even more ferocious firepower. Ten shots missed and two hit, all of which hit a mast of the pirate ship, immediately knocking it off.

There was also a pirate ship located on the left side of Xu Zhengping's ship. It also fired artillery. Except for the stray ones, all of them hit the merchant ship, damaging it even more miserably, but it could not damage Xu Zhengping's ship at all.

Captain Chiang saw that he was currently traveling with the ocean current and against the wind, so he immediately ordered the sails to be lowered. He simply took advantage of the current of the ocean, and the speed was actually faster.

Immediately we grabbed a good position again, but the pirate ship got even closer.

Both sides exchange shotguns and sweep them toward each other's deck.

Xu Zhengping heard screams from the deck. It must be that several sailors controlling the sails were dead.

Immediately the boatswain came to the cabin and called a few more people aboard.

The situation on the pirate ship was not much better, and many people were also killed and wounded by shotguns.

The pirate ship located on the left side of Xu Zhengping's ship saw that all the gunfire could only hit the merchant ship and could not hurt Xu Zhengping and the others at all, so it began to turn towards the stern of Xu Zhengping's ship.

The three ships were just circling the sea and engaged in a desperate battle. Xu Zhengping was bored in the cabin. There was no room for his martial arts to be used in this situation.

Fortunately, the firearms of this era were relatively poorly developed, and each salvo took an extremely long time. During this gap, the ships of the three parties were approaching each other.

A gang-hopping battle is the final decision made by everyone on both sides, as they all believe that each will have a great advantage in such a battle.

The pirates believed that they had strength in numbers, but Xu Zhengping and others believed more in their martial arts.

The last round of solid artillery fire ended, and a hole was punched through the side of Xu Zhengping's ship. The sailor nearby suffered blood poisoning and fell to the ground.

The flying sawdust was also very lethal. Fortunately, everyone wore paper armor and could basically protect themselves. Only a few two or three people were stabbed in the face by sawdust and fell to the ground struggling and wailing. They were unable to die for a while.

Xu Zhengping was also wearing paper armor at this time. He would not refuse more effective equipment just because of his superior martial arts skills. He was a pragmatist, and he had even forced Lei Zong and others to wear paper armor just now.

Only Lianxing refused to wear it, thinking that the armor would affect her flexibility.

But facing the exploding sawdust, she opened her eyes wide and had nowhere to dodge. Suddenly, a figure threw her to the ground. The flying sawdust like a hidden weapon pierced the person's body, and also protected Lian Xing's whole body.

Xu Zhengping got up and cursed: "Idiot! This is not a battle on land, this is a naval battle! What about the demeanor of a martial arts master? How did you get your brains?"

Lian Xing, who was wearing a copper mask, was in shock. He looked at Xu Zhengping's paper armor and saw that the back was covered with dense sawdust. He thought that if these sawdust were stuck on his body... he couldn't help but turn pale.

She lowered her head in shame, but felt a little grateful. She quietly looked at Xu Zhengping, only to see him staring closely at the entrance to the cabin, his muscles tense.

At this time, a violent collision sounded!

The three ships collided together. Under a violent jolt, many people fell to the ground and then got up without a care.

The deck opened, and the boatswain rushed down again. He was wearing paper armor, and the white paper armor was soaked red with blood. He was obviously injured and was trying to keep his spirits up.

"It's a gang fight, brothers, come and fight!"

Everyone jumped up and rushed to the deck from different exits.

Xu Zhengping rushed to the deck and saw that the right side and stern of the ship were hooked by hooks, and pirates had built wide and heavy wooden bridges.

The head of the plank bridge is equipped with a hook. Once it is hooked up, it can be firmly hooked to the side of the ship, making it extremely stable.

He watched the strange-looking pirates rushing towards them with excited screams. Most of them were holding Japanese swords, and some of them stayed on the deck with firecrackers aimed at this direction. They were obviously covering their companions who were boarding the ship.

Xu Zhengping also had no shortage of firecrackers. At this time, a large number of sailors were armed with two weapons, a knife and a firecracker.

Those who got on the deck first lined up and fired at the pirates who boarded the ship with muskets.

There was a loud crackling sound, and from time to time pirates fell into the sea water, becoming a carnival feast for sharks.

At the same time, everyone on the other side opened fire, but unless the distance was close enough, if the lead hit the paper armor from a little further away, the power would be greatly weakened, and the person would only be knocked to the ground. As long as he endured the pain and got up, he could continue to fight.

What's more, the ship was swaying erratically, and the hit rate of the fire guns was horribly low. After almost a round of exchanges between the two sides, it was time to see the consequences.

The pirates were like sharks smelling the smell of blood at the bottom of the sea. They rushed over without fear of death and fought in a melee with the sailors.

For a time, life-and-death battles broke out everywhere on the deck, in the wheelhouse, and on the mast.

Sailors, like pirates, basically have no battle formations. They each look for someone to fight. Whoever is fierce enough, who can stand firm on his feet, and whoever swings his sword decisively can kill the other party!

It's just that sailors are protected by armor, so even if their skills are slightly inferior, they will still take advantage of them.

The Japanese swords used by pirates are impossible to cut through this kind of paper armor, but when the opponent is stunned, the sailors will smile and slash back with their swords. Even if they fail to kill the opponent with one blow, they can still make the pirates' skin and flesh rip open and bleed.

All over the floor.

Of course, if you wear this kind of armor, once you fall into the water, you will sink faster than without armor. However, in such a melee, falling into the water is the same as death. After all, there are sharks below.

Xu Zhengping's thirty elite men had been learning maritime warfare from the sailors for dozens of days. At this time, combined with their experience in forming formations on land, they would never fight alone, but at least they would attack in groups of three, covering each other.

Because sea ships are extremely unstable, people often fall to the ground as the waves roll, or need to hold on to other things to stay stable. Usually only one hand is free for fighting, so long pole weapons cannot be used at all.

Therefore, among the three people, only one with the highest martial arts skills used a long sword with both hands as the main attacker. The other two used single swords to protect them. They formed a group of three and a team of three. They just pushed forward like a wall, with fewer enemies and more enemies.

You can actually take advantage of it.

Xu Zhengping and other masters all have outstanding light skills and a stable chassis. Even if the naval battle is bumpy, they can still maintain stability.

Naturally, he went back and forth on the ship, as if he were in an uninhabited country, and killed many enemies.

Among them, Lian Xing seemed to be extremely ruthless in order to make up for his previous mistakes in the cabin, killing everyone wherever his sword passed by.

Although the pirates thought she was a woman, no one dared to fight her.

The captains of the two pirate ships were horrified when they saw that their opponents were so capable of fighting. There were also masters coming and going among them, and they immediately regretted engaging in such a gang-hopping battle.

It is difficult for martial arts masters to show their strength at sea because they can use long-range artillery attacks to render them powerless. However, gang fighting gives masters this opportunity.

One of the one-eyed pirate leaders crossed his arms and looked at the anxious battle situation with a gloomy expression.

A pirate who had his hand cut off and was seriously injured came over and shouted: "Boss, you can't fight like this! These idiots are wearing armor!"

They don’t need to consider their defensive posture at all. Even if the brothers have superb sword skills, they can’t cut through each other! The only way to kill them is to use a fire blunderbuss at close range, but the fire blunderbuss is too slow!”

The one-eyed pirate leader said: "We have many people, and several of them will cost him one. As long as he falls to the ground, knocks off the weapon, and finds a way to kick it into the sea, he can still win, but those martial arts masters are even more troublesome!"

The pirates looked at the crowd as if they were unparalleled masters. Under the raging weapons, the morale of many pirates had gradually declined, and they would collapse if they continued to fight.

The one-eyed pirate looked at the group of Japanese ronin next to him and shouted: "Fujiki Ogazai! Didn't you say that you have been passed down from the Yagyu Shinin-ryu and are a famous warrior of Japan?

Now it’s time for you and your friends to show off their swordsmanship! Contain the masters of the Ming Dynasty for me. In this situation, both sides are entangled with each other. There is no chance to escape. Either the enemy will die, or we will die!"
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