To be honest, Xu Zun was not surprised to see Xiao Zhennan and his wife appearing on the deck.
Because after rushing into the dock, Xu Zun saw the two of them jumping into the water.
According to Zhao Yu, these two people were on long-distance seagoing ships all year round, and they were naturally good at water. They must have walked around the side of the ship from the water and found the opportunity to board the ship on the other side where there were few people.
But……
As for how Ku Niang got to the deck, Xu Zunke couldn't figure it out at all.
It was as if Ku Niang suddenly appeared behind him when he entered the underground culvert of the Holy Capital.
It gave Xu Zun the impression that Ku Niang could teleport.
However, Xu Zun's heart tightened at the same time, remembering what Yue Jinglei had said to him: Ku Niang had not recovered from her serious injury and it was not advisable to use her internal strength within a month, otherwise her life would be in danger.
However, Ku Niang still took action. I wonder how she is doing now?
Hopefully, Ku Niang won’t be able to use her inner strength to deal with these pirates, right?
Everything was happening in a blink of an eye. Seeing the gangway suddenly lowered, the guards did not relax at all, but became even more nervous.
Because if you want to climb to the deck, you need to climb the gangway.
By the same token, simply climbing the gangway will expose yourself to enemy muskets and crossbows.
Therefore, they now desperately need a life-saving assault to cover Xu Zun and others' boarding.
Dai Long, nicknamed "Desperate Saburo", immediately led a group of people to the front and shouted loudly: "If you are not afraid of death, come with me and have fun among these Japanese melons!"
After saying that, he jumped up and rushed into the enemy camp alone, using his sharp sword to hack and kill like crazy.
The guards behind were inspired and jumped into the sea of pirates one after another, focusing on attacking those holding bows and crossbows.
In an instant, the fighting on the dock became intense, and the guards all took the risk alone and rushed into the enemy camp.
Those with strong martial arts skills were better, but those with weaker skills were quickly caught in the enemy's fishing nets, and then hacked to death with random knives...
"Sir! Hurry!" Li Xing carried As Xiuzai on his back and signaled to Xu Zun repeatedly, "Hurry up and board the ship. If you are late, it will be too late!"
Huo Anu immediately opened the iron umbrella and protected Xu Zun as he climbed up the gangway.
Shangguan Min was good at lightness and was the first to climb onto the deck along the gangway.
However, after he got on the deck, he did not participate in the fighting on the deck. Instead, he turned around, bent his bow and arrows, and fired at the enemies on the dock.
The bow and arrow seemed to have eyes, almost hitting the enemy...
Xu Zun, who was quite agile, climbed onto the deck after him.
At a glance, the battle on the deck was almost successful. Without the Daxuan sailors, Xiao Zhennan, his wife and Ku Niang were enough to kill the invading pirates.
After Li Xing boarded the ship, he immediately led his guards to remove the enemy's hook ropes to prevent anyone from climbing on the ropes again.
Among the guards, those who still had crossbows or bows should quickly turn around and shoot at the enemies below.
However, after all, they did not carry many bows and arrows, and they quickly shot all the arrows, so they could only worry.
"Old Dai!" Zhao Yu shouted anxiously, "We are coming up, you should also come up quickly!"
However, after Zhao Yu finished shouting, Dai Long could no longer be seen because he had been overwhelmed by the large number of pirates coming over.
The other guards were also in danger. Only those who were closer to the side of the ship fought back and began to climb the gangway.
However, as there were more and more pirates on the pier, there were still a lot of fire crossbows and arrows coming at them. They had no choice but to turn around and face the pier, crawling while blocking the crossbow arrows...
This won't work!
Xu Zun quickly called the soldiers on the deck over and asked: "Quick, is there kerosene on this deck?"
"What? Kerosene?" The soldier shook his head.
"What about the strong liquor?" Xu Zun asked, "Is there anything that can catch fire? Otherwise..." He pointed at the cannon on the nail plate, "Can this cannon be fired?"
"No, sir," the soldier said quickly, "this ship has not been equipped with ammunition and supplies, and is preparing to do so tomorrow!
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"But..." the soldier remembered something and quickly pointed to a place on the deck and said, "The bows and arrows have been loaded today. We just used a box..."
"Anuche!" Huo Anu shouted, "Are you talking now? Get the bow and arrow quickly!"
Upon hearing the order, several soldiers quickly ran under the mast to get their bows and arrows.
Li Xing and others were already so anxious that their eyes were red. They immediately went up and cut the wooden box with a knife, and a large number of bows and arrows suddenly fell to the ground.
The guards were all overjoyed and rushed to snatch the guy one after another, including Zhao Yu and Huo Anu.
The ancients were good at archery, especially those who practiced martial arts whose basic skill was archery.
Everyone quickly picked up their bows and arrows, ran to the side of the ship, and started shooting down.
Zhao Yu soon discovered that many of the arrows in his bows and arrows were coated with sulfur and other substances, so he simply lit the arrows on fire and fired the rocket towards the dock.
The dozen or so guards were all good archers, and their bows and arrows hit the enemy accurately, forcing the enemy to raise their shields again.
Under the cover of this rain of arrows, Dai Long and others finally got rid of the enemy and retreated under the side of the ship.
But this time, they didn't need to climb the gangway, because Li Xing and others had already dropped the prepared ropes and pulled them up one by one...
When Dai Long got on the deck, he was covered in blood and scars. His hair had been cut off, and he was disheveled and even miserable.
But in the eyes of all the guards, they were all in awe and deep admiration.
Ani brought the hemostatic medicine with her and immediately stepped forward to treat Dai Long's wound.
Xu Zun glanced around and saw that there were more than thirty guards before, but now there were only a dozen left, which clearly showed that the battle situation was tragic.
Fortunately, there are still navy soldiers stationed on the ship. There are about thirty of them left. Excluding the wounded, there are only fifty who can fight.
When the navy soldiers saw reinforcements arriving, their morale was greatly boosted. They each picked up their weapons and spread out across the deck to prevent any more pirates from boarding the ship.
Xu Zun looked towards the beach and saw all the pirates on the beach rushing towards the Navy Pier.
Obviously, if they cannot capture these warships today, they will never give up.
Xu Zun knew very well that there were too many enemies. If this momentum continued, they would never be able to hold on to the arrival of reinforcements.
We must find a way as soon as possible...
While observing, Xu Zun looked towards the sea in the distance, but he saw flames on the sea, and there were actually a large number of pirates paddling towards the beach on sampans.
My God, how many people are there!
Xu Zun couldn't help but be amazed, recalling what Xiao Zhennan said to him, these people are not ordinary pirates, but soldiers of the Izumo Kingdom!
With so many soldiers, shouldn’t they be the entire nation’s army?
Could it be that... they just want to destroy these warships or plunder Yongming City? Are they regardless of the consequences?
Uh-huh...
Just as Xu Zun was thinking about countermeasures, someone suddenly threw a black object from below. The object suddenly shattered after falling on the deck, and a pungent black liquid flowed out.
this……
Immediately afterwards, I saw a new group of pirates rushing in from below. Almost each of them was holding a black bottle, and they all threw it towards the deck with all their strength.
Although Shangguan Min couldn't understand this operation, he still subconsciously fired the rocket at a certain pirate who was throwing it.
As a result, after the rocket hit the bottle in the man's hand, the pirate immediately burst into flames!!!
ah……
The man instantly burned into a fireball, howled in pain, and finally jumped directly into the sea...
broken!
Xu Zun and others all saw clearly that what they were throwing at them was all kerosene. This... they were trying to burn down the ship!!!
