After a day of naval battles, in the early morning of August 18, Cai Qian's flagship, which fled south, was still unable to get rid of Qiu Lianggong's pursuers. On the pirate ship, Cai Qian's men could still clearly see that the official warships were on their side.

behind.

What's even worse is that just the previous night, due to Li Jingzeng's pursuit, another boat on which Cai Qiannan fled had been hit by bullets and caught fire. Except for a few gang members who stubbornly resisted the government troops and were eventually wiped out by the government troops, most of the people on board were

The gang was either captured or surrendered, and Li Jingzeng continued to lead his warships, following Qiu Lianggong's flagship southward. Soon, Tong Zhensheng and Chen Buyun's fleet had also defeated several warships blocked by Cai Qian.

The ships went south one after another to pursue them. At sunrise, the number of government and military warships on the sea to the north continued to increase unabated.

"Grandma, why can't you get rid of these ships..." Cai Qian looked at more and more official ships coming to pursue him, and he only had one flagship left. He was tired and angry, and didn't know what to do.

good.

"Big boss, it's not good! Big boss, look, there are officers and soldiers to the south... to the south on the sea!" At this moment, the gang members on the bow of the ship who were observing the situation in front of them all shouted in surprise. Cai Qian listened to the gang members

He yelled and immediately ran to the bow of the ship. He saw dozens of sails appearing directly in front of his ship. Judging from the appearance of the sails, it was Wang Delu Navy of Fujian!

"Great! Look, Cai Ni has only the last ship left, and behind Cai Ni's pirate ship, it looks like... it's Qiu Junmen's ship! Cai Ni has been surrounded!" Sure enough, to the south, this

The fleet heading north was Wang Delu's Fujian Navy. Wang Delu was also taking the lead at this time, standing on the front battleship. Seeing that Cai Qian had only one ship left, Qiu Lianggong could catch up with Cai Qian at any time, so he immediately sent an order and said:

"Quick, speed up! Rendezvous with Qiu Junmen, and then encircle on all sides. In this battle, Cai Ni must be completely annihilated!"

"Come on!" Seeing that the victory was determined, the officers and soldiers also began to wave flags and shouts on the warships. Wang Delu's fleet was traveling from south to north, and it was a tailwind. In less than half an hour, the Fujian Navy had already rushed to Cai Qian's ship.

It was a hundred feet away before.

"Fire, fire! Scatter them and then rush out!" Seeing that his flagship was about to be surrounded from the north and the south, Cai Qian had no choice but to fight with all his strength and prepare to storm the Fujian Navy.

"Fire the guns and resist Cai Ni!" Wang Delu also showed no sign of weakness.

"Bang bang bang bang!" Cai Qian's ship is the flagship after all. Even when it is trapped, there are still more than twenty cannons that can fire. For a while, the cannons fired one after another and bombarded Wang Delu. But Wang Delu

There were five or six ships rushing ahead, and their artillery combined was more powerful than Cai Qian's. How could they retreat at this time? When the officers and soldiers on board saw Cai Qian's large ship firing privately, they naturally fired back.

"Bang! Bang!" For a moment, the sides of Cai Qian's ship were hit by artillery one after another. Dozens of pirates immediately became unstable and fell into the sea. But on the other side, after Cai Qian's fierce bombardment,

At the same time, two ships of the army started to catch fire, and many soldiers were also blown into the sea and lost their lives.

"Look at the ship in the middle over there, and use all the cannons to fire at it!" Cai Qian also made a desperate move, preparing to destroy Wang Delu's flagship in one fell swoop to escape.

"Bang! Bang!" Sure enough, a moment later, three artillery shells exploded on Wang Delu's flagship! Seven or eight officers and soldiers on Wang Delu's ship were also hit by the shells and died on the spot.

"Ah!" At this time, Wang Delu also suddenly felt a sharp pain, then he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"My lord, my lord! Hurry, my lord is injured. Call the military doctor!" Several guards around Wang Delu saw the admiral fall to the ground and immediately came to help him. This support was not important. They immediately saw that Wang Delu had already

He was bleeding profusely, and he panicked for a moment, so he immediately prepared to bandage Wang Delu.

"I...I'm okay..." Although Wang Delu was in severe pain, he knew that his life was safe, so he stretched out his hand and touched his forehead to see how the injury was. But then he saw

, there are actually some silver shavings in his red blood, which are glowing!

"Silver shavings?" Wang Delu thought for a moment, then he understood, and immediately said to several confidants: "Tell them that I'm fine, just keep firing! Cai Ni...he has no shells! Now they can only use

Silver nugget, if you continue to fight like this for a while, they won't be able to hold it anymore, don't hesitate, hurry up!" But at this point, he finally couldn't hold on anymore and fainted.

"Quick, pass the order, keep firing!" Wang Delu's flagship quickly conveyed the news to Linship.

"Bang bang bang bang!" Another round of shelling began on the government and army side.

"Fire, fire! We must rush out!" Seeing that the Fujian Navy was fighting to the death, Cai Qian had no choice but to order the ship to continue firing. This time Cai Qian made a desperate blow, and it was indeed quite effective. Within half an hour, the official ship had already

Three ships caught fire one after another, and the officers and soldiers on board fled for their lives. But even so, Cai Qian's main ship had been hit more than ten times, and everyone on board also fell into the water. Half of those who remained on board had been injured by shells.

There are only forty or fifty people left in the gang who can fight. If they can't rush out anymore, Cai Qian's ship will have no shells to use.

"Look, the Fujian Navy has blocked Cai Ni's way!" At this moment, the Zhejiang Navy led by Qiu Lianggong had also arrived dozens of feet away from Cai Qian's main ship. Qiu Lianggong saw that Cai Qianwu was in trouble.

Zhidou continued to give orders to the soldiers: "What we have to do now is to make Cai Ni's ship stop, listen to my order, take all the butterfly cannons on the ship, and concentrate them on a few cannons.

Blast hard at the mast of the pirate ship Cai Ni! The rest of the artillery was gathered together and bombarded the poop of the pirate ship! Tell the two ships on the left and right to prepare their rockets and fire weapons and fire them as soon as they get close to the poop of the pirate ship!

Cai Ni couldn't move, so he had no choice but to capture him without mercy!"

"Follow your orders!" The officers and soldiers under Qiu Lianggong also began to move the artillery one after another. Soon, the sound of "bang bang" sounded from the Zhejiang warship. Smoke suddenly filled the mast of Cai Qian's flagship, and then four or five artillery shells were fired from it.

Half of them separated and hit the mast of the ship one after another.

"Creak, crunch", under the bombardment of these butterfly cannons, the three masts on Cai Qian's ship were soon riddled with holes. Then, the last mast finally could not hold up, and there was a "click".

Fell down!

"Bang bang bang bang!" At this moment, more than a dozen cannonballs exploded on the poop. Immediately afterwards, several warships approaching Cai Qian fired rockets and threw firecrackers. Within a moment,

, the poop of Cai Qian's flagship also turned into a sea of ​​flames.

"Ah!" Amidst the roar of artillery fire, a shell exploded a dozen steps in front of Cai Qian. Cai Qian fell to the ground with a wave of air.

"Cai Qian, Cai Qian! How are you?" Grandma Lu watched Cai Qian fall from the side, and immediately rushed over to help Cai Qian up. She saw that Cai Qian's left leg was already covered in bright red. It turned out that

, as the gunpowder exploded, shrapnel flew everywhere, one of which hit Cai Qian.

"Quick, someone, help the big boss back!" Grandma Lu shouted when she saw Cai Qian was injured.

"Mom, I... I'm okay, it's just that this ship... this ship can't move..." Cai Qian looked at the poop with flames behind him, at a broken mast, and the last twenty or so people.

The gang members who were still firing guns knew that they were completely defeated in this battle.

"You... please stop talking. I will have someone bandage you now. Otherwise... or I will take the helm, and we... we must rush out?" Grandma Lu saw that Cai Qian could not continue to command, so she had to comfort her.

he said.

"Mom, no need, we can't rush out... Haha, Mom, didn't we think about it before we came out? This, this is my last battle?" Cai Qian looked at the warships and ships around him,

There were also seven or eight ships on fire, but behind the burning warships, more ships were approaching. In despair, he actually laughed and said: "Mom, you think, can our last battle be successful?"

Isn’t it worth burning so many government warships?”

"It's worth it!" Grandma Lu looked at the situation on the sea and realized that this time, the two of them were going to die or not, so she asked Cai Qian: "Then let's charge again in the end.

still……"

"Go back to the cabin, and ask them... to come too." Cai Qian shook her head and asked Grandma Lu to help her back to the cabin. Grandma Lu immediately helped Cai Qian and entered the cabin at the back door of the ship.

Other gang members also gave up their gun positions one after another and followed Cai Qian inside. Above the cabin, the fire on the poop was getting bigger and bigger. On the sea, the official ship saw that Cai Qian's main ship could no longer move and stopped the bombardment. Xu Songnian replaced Wang Delu.

, led three of his Kinmen warships to surround the southeast side, while Qiu Lianggong, Li Jingzeng and others led five ships to surround the northwest side. Wang Delu finally woke up and ordered the warships to move forward. Nine ships from Fujian and Zhejiang towns

The warships surrounded the big ship Cai Qian. As long as Cai Qian dared to resist, or one of the two admirals gave an order, the nine ships would fire together to completely destroy Cai Qian's flagship.

"Cai Ni, you have no way to escape! If you had come out and surrendered early, the court would have given you leniency and spared you the pain of Lingchi!" Xu Songnian shouted to Cai Qian's flagship.

"Cai Ni, you still have gang members under your command. Although you are bound to be punished by death, they may be spared from death! What, do you want to drag them to be buried with you?" Qiu Lianggong also endured the pain on his boat and said to Cai Ni

He shouted and ordered.

"Haha, listen, what are they talking about? Fart!" Although Cai Qian retreated into the cabin, the repeated shouts from the people outside still made him hear a little bit, and he looked at the last twenty gangsters in the cabin.

, Cai Qian also immediately asked: "Come, tell them, are you afraid to die here with me?"

"Big Boss, we are not afraid!" the gang members shouted one after another.

"Okay! Pull those two cannons back and stuff the remaining gunpowder inside!" Cai Qian ordered.

Seeing several gang members pulling the cannon back and pouring the last remaining gunpowder into it, Cai Qian also asked other gang members to find two more cables from the ship and throw them into the barrel, and found two more that were not shot out.

Lead blocks were stuffed into the barrel of the gun to hold down the cables. Seeing that everything was ready and only the last step to ignite the fire was left, Cai Qian turned around unconsciously and smiled at Lao Lu beside him: "Mom

, after half a stick of incense, I guess... I guess we will go to hell. This time, we can't come back, so what, are you afraid?"

"Afraid? If I was really afraid, after I killed someone that day, do you think I really couldn't beat you? If I were afraid, I would have surrendered that day. At least I would have died by then, and I wouldn't have gone to hell, right?

?" Grandma Lu knew that her life was about to end in an instant, but she was no longer afraid. She joked with Cai Qian, thinking about the scene when she first met Cai Qian thirteen years ago, and recalled the past more than ten years.

Living at sea, he smiled and said: "In the past thirteen years, if you had let me live on the shore, I would have gone to hell! But now, I am on the sea, unrestrained, and happily passed the thirteenth year.

Years! Isn’t it enough to have these thirteen years? Speaking of which, following you all these years, I have lost count of the lives on my hands. It’s time for me to go to hell. When I get there, I still want to see

Look, these losers who died at my hands in the previous life will still be the same cowards in the next life!"

"Well said!" Cai Qian also laughed and said: "In this life, I can't fight anymore, so forget it! In the next life, when I get to hell, I will have the strength to kill him and turn the world upside down! My name is Cai

King of Hell, now it’s better. I want to see what the Lord of Hell looks like. Who among us is worthy of being the real King of Hell! Ruan Yuan... humph, I guess he is dead now... Anyway, he is

Ruan Yuan, Qiu Lianggong, Wang Delu, you dog officials, just watch it. Even if I die, I will be the unique big boss in the East China Sea, and the King of Zhenhai on this thousand-mile sea of ​​Fujian and Zhejiang! Bring the fire!"

Two helpers who still had strength on the side searched for a long time and finally helped Cai Qian find a fire knife and flint stone. Cai Qian also took a piece of fire from his body, lit it, looked at Grandma Lu with the fire light, and said with a smile

: "Mom, look at me again. Don't you mistake me for the wrong person on the road to Huangquan?"

"Don't worry, I can recognize you even if you turn into ashes."

"Hahahaha, have fun, have fun!" Cai Qian said as he and Grandma Lu each held a cable and lit the fire.

At this time, apart from the sound of fire and wind, everything in front and behind Cai Qian's ship actually calmed down, and the onlookers stopped and watched Cai Qian's reaction.

"Bang!" Suddenly, there was a loud noise from the rear cabin of Cai Qian's flagship!

In the huge smoke, the entire poop of Cai Qian's ship was blown to pieces!

"Sir, look, Cai Qian's ship exploded by itself!" On the ship with Wang Delu, Qiu Lianggong and others, the officers and soldiers were shocked when they saw the explosion of Cai Qian's flagship, and they all reported to the commander. At this time, Cai Qian was on the ship.

Many of the splashed sparks have already landed on the military warships.
To be continued...