No matter how bloody merchants are, these ruthless pirates usually only have the fate of being slaughtered. Only some lucky merchants can escape from the hands of pirates.

Seeing that their backbone, Zhou Dachun, had been shot, the crew on the ship immediately went into chaos. Even the few accompanying businessmen knelt on the deck and begged the pirates for mercy.

"Come in... ugh!"

The middle-aged man slowly raised his right arm, and was about to wave his hand and order his men to rush over and clear out these stubborn sailors, but suddenly he looked to the south in surprise.

"Uncle Eighth, we are saved, it's the combined fleet!"

A young man looked towards Hainan in the south and shouted with joy.

"God will never forget me, Zhou Dachun!" Zhou Dachun also saw the movement in the south, and immediately covered his wound and ordered: "Ah San, help me up, we must guard our Zhou family's property!"

However, they saw that on the southern sea surface, two huge ships had appeared, and they were slowly sailing towards this side, and the two big words "United" were written on the boats.

In the waters of the South China Sea, there may still be fleets of Spain and Portugal, but in the waters of the Philippine Islands, only the United Fleet is the king.

"Why are they so fast!"

The pirate leader noticed that the three-masted gunboat of the United Trade Group was heading here, and he immediately showed an expression of disbelief on his face.

He naturally knew the strength of the United Merchant Group, and even more clearly knew the terror of the three-masted gunboats. However, he did not dare to attack the United Merchant Group, but instead took action against such scattered merchant ships.

Because of this, he chose to start at this place far away from Chuanhe City, intending to leave quickly after finishing this job. However, he never expected that the United Business Group would react so quickly and was already heading here.

One of his subordinates saw the three-masted gunboat appearing and asked in a panic: "Second Master, what should we do now?"

The pirate leader looked at the two three-masted gunboats coming down the wind, then looked at Zhou Dachun and his crew who were stubbornly resisting, and immediately issued an order: "Withdraw!"

Although he wanted to grab supplies from this merchant ship, he knew that the sea was not as good as land. With this kind of white ship, they were no match for the combined fleet and would only be crushed by the other side.

"Saved!"

Zhou Dachun watched the iron hook being discarded by the pirates, but ignored the blood pouring out of his chest. Instead, he happily looked at the escaping pirate ship, and at the same time looked gratefully at the incoming three-masted gunboat.

Although the United Business Group restricted them from trading directly with the Portuguese, the United Business Group's move was more to increase the price of spices, and they actually did not suffer any loss.

In Nanyang, the United Trade Group also acted as a protective umbrella for Ming merchants, and was far more reliable than the Ming government.

Huh?

Two three-masted merchant ships approached from far away, but they did not stop. Instead, they passed by their ship and continued northward, already intending to pursue the pirate ship.

"Chase!"

Tigress wearing a bullfight uniform was standing on the deck, her beautiful face was filled with a scowl of hatred. She watched the ships fleeing, but she waved her hand without hesitation.

The three-masted gunboat abandoned its traditional load-carrying performance and not only carried a large number of heavy artillery, but also greatly accelerated its speed, making it the king of the sea with both speed and power.

The northern part of Luzon Island is like an oval, with ordinary natives tending to the east, while pirates usually occupy the west.

This group of pirates is already entrenched on the western front. They are fleeing north, planning to go around the western front of Luzon Island from the top of the north. However, they are already in trouble, but they cannot get away from the three-masted gunboat behind them.

, this sharp weapon on the sea has already bitten them tightly.

Battles at sea have never been about personnel and morale, but a competition between hulls and heavy artillery. The three-masted gunboats have reached a peak and are completely crushed by earthen boats like them.

"spread!"

When the pirate leader saw that he was being bitten by the three-masted gunboat, he immediately ordered to flee in order to find a chance to survive.

However, the three-masted gunboat at the head ignored those small fish and shrimps. It had already set its sights on their pirate ship, which carried more than a hundred pirate numbers, and was still pursuing them.

In this sea area, it can be said that "big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat small shrimps." Just now they dominated the fate of Zhou Dachun's merchant ship, but now it is dominated by others.

"Fire the gun!"

Huniu looked at the white boat getting closer and closer, and was already within the shooting range. She waved her hand and gave the order.

Due to a major disaster in Luzon Island, she stayed in United City during this period. She was just about to send some rice to Nina's Beishan tribe, but she didn't want to encounter these hateful pirates.

She had previously heard that there were pirates in this area, and a merchant ship was burned with people on it, which made her very angry. Now that it happened, she naturally had no reason to let these vicious pirates go.

"yes!"

Gouzi was already a young man. After hearing the order, he acted as if he had arrived at the fort.

Following an order, the four Thor cannons ignited the fuses after calibrating the range and angle, making a roaring sound, and four cannonballs weighing more than ten kilograms roared towards the white ship in front.

The two shells missed their target and raised a white water column of more than ten meters in the calm sea. One shell directly smashed a large hole in the hull, and the other shell broke the main mast of the white ship.

In this era of great navigation, which mainly relies on wind power, the mainmast is the key to the speed of the hull. Once the mainmast is removed, the speed will be greatly reduced.

In the face of absolute strength, this group of pirates also hoisted a white flag and surrendered obediently.

"Huniu, these pirates are definitely not good people, otherwise we will sink them naturally!" Awu watched the other party surrender, but he suggested to Huniu.

Huniu frowned slightly. Although she hated these pirates, she still acted rationally. She glanced at Ah Wu and said, "Have you forgotten that Uncle Tiger is also a pirate?"

After hearing this, Awu stuck out his tongue in embarrassment and stopped mentioning the direct sinking of the opponent's ship. Instead, he led a group of people to capture this group of pirates.

The pirate leader was tied to the deck, but when he saw that the person in charge turned out to be a girl who was only eleven or twelve years old, his face was slightly stunned.

Not to mention that in the Ming Dynasty where men were superior to women, even among pirates who were not very particular about gender, it was impossible for an eleven or twelve year old female leader to appear.

"You've seen our imperial envoy and you still don't kneel down!" Gouzi looked like he was pretending to be a tiger, and immediately yelled at the pirate leader.

"Imperial envoy?" the pirate leader looked at Huniu in surprise.

"That's right, I...my boss is Lin Pingping, the imperial envoy to the Nanyang Patrol!" Gouzi reported Huniu's identity with some pride.

The pirate leader looked at Huniu and said thoughtfully: "Lin? Are you Lin Lei's sister?"

Huniu also noticed the extraordinary bearing of this pirate leader. Seeing that he guessed her identity so quickly, she looked at him with confusion and said, "Do you know me?"

"Although the Ming Dynasty has a bunch of dog officials, all of whom should be killed, your brother is indeed a good official. Our emperor once said in the past: After achieving hegemony, not only will your brother be spared, but you will also be reused.
Chapter completed!