Chapter 1036 1127 Battle Preparation

Chapter 1036 1127 Battle Preparation

Wang Zhao arranged for the lookout to keep an eye on the movements at the mouth of Pengaslan Bay. In fact, it was not aimed at Lin Feng. He had no idea that Lin Feng could actually run away from the city of Daimao.

What he had to guard against was the Yi people's fleet in the bay. If they had any movement, the Ming navy would be dispatched in advance to block them in the bay as much as possible.

Using the relatively narrow bay, the maneuverability of the Yi people's armed merchant ships was restricted, and the huge lethality of the artillery on the warships was minimized.

However, when the news came that a small fleet appeared at the mouth of the bay and headed south, Wang Zhao did not dare to neglect it and immediately sent out a speedboat to chase it. At the same time, he also ordered all warships to raise their sails and prepare to enter the bay in advance.

Yes, at this time, he did not think that the people on the small boat were pirates who ran away from the city of Daimao, but thought that they were messengers sent by the Yi people to ask for help from Savella and Governor Vesalius.

Their fleet had been discovered by the Yi people fleet anchored in the bay. They were afraid of alerting the enemy, so they pretended not to know and planned to quietly send people out for help.

After all, it was already daybreak, and they could see them at the mouth of the bay.

Of course, they could also see the mouth of the bay, otherwise the purpose of blocking this place would be lost.

It was still some time before daybreak, but Wang Zhao didn't dare to wait any longer. He had to rush into the bay first.

Otherwise, once the Yi people's armed merchant ships turned around and blocked the entrance to Pengaslan Bay with artillery, they could easily block this place with the artillery on their warships, and it would be difficult for them to enter again.

Wang Zhao watched several speedboats rush out of the fleet and pursue the small boats fleeing south. He gave another order: "All navy warships should complete preparations as quickly as possible, weigh anchor and set sail, and enter the bay without any mistakes."

"Yes."

The personal soldiers behind him agreed and immediately ran to the flag bearer position at the bow to convey Wang Zhao's order to him.

Then the flag bearer waved the small red flag in his hand and began to convey orders to the surrounding navy warships.

The order to hurry up and prepare to set sail was just issued half an incense stick ago. Such a flag signal was issued again in such a short time, which shows how nervous Wang Zhao was at this time.

You know, if they can't enter the bay as soon as possible and complete the "encirclement" of the Yi people's fleet, then the subsequent results will be difficult to predict.

And this, in Lin Feng's view, means that they have been discovered by the Ming army.

With his reputation, can he fall into the hands of the Ming army?

Of course not, so he can only give orders to let his men paddle frantically, hoping to get rid of the pursuit of the Ming army warships.

For a while, the two small fleets began a collision of speed and passion.

If it was a south wind at this time, Lin Feng might have really escaped as he wished, but unfortunately, the sky did not fulfill people's wishes. In the South China Sea, northeast winds often appear in winter.

In the south, it is naturally a strong wind blowing from south to north, and the northeast wind is naturally the wind blowing from the northeast.

In terms of their direction, the wind was favorable, so the boatmen should have saved a lot of effort.

Unfortunately, they were trying to escape.

The sails on those small boats were not big, and they were no match for the huge sails on the Ming army warships.

The wind was small, so paddling was useful, but the effect was limited.

At the beginning, they could barely keep the distance between the two fleets, but when the people were exhausted, as the paddling speed slowed down, the Ming army speedboats quickly closed the distance with them.

Then, some ships began to fall behind and were caught up by the Ming army warships.

However, the Ming army warships in the front did not stop to gather the people on the boats, but directly passed them and continued to chase the small boats that escaped in front.

When the small boats were caught up by the Ming army speedboats, the captains on the boats also found that the people on these small boats were not the barbarians they expected, but all Han people.

This was not the time to capture prisoners, so naturally there was no way to interrogate them.

Who would fight them in a boarding battle?

The last two speedboats of the Ming army began to gather these small boats. From time to time, they could hear the sound of bird guns, but the pirates' determination to resist was limited.

The Ming army's speedboats also showed their cannons, and the pirates on the small boats chose to surrender.

There was really no way to fight. On the sea, bird guns could never beat cannons.

Moreover, the previous desperate paddling had consumed most of their strength. At this time, even if they were boarding the Ming army, they had no strength to wield swords and guns and fight the Ming army to death.

When the speedboat in the front finally caught up with the small boat in front, seeing that the other party was still rowing desperately to escape, the captain of the speedboat immediately ordered: "Fire two shots for me, aiming a little ahead of the enemy ship."

After giving the order, the gunners immediately turned the muzzle and prepared to fire.

The captain of the flag-bearing ship was still cursing, "It's already this fucking time, and you still want to run away? Do you really think my warship is made of mud?"

In fact, if he didn't want to capture someone alive, he could have ordered to directly bombard the other party's small boat.

At this moment, the fleet has left Pengaslan Bay for a distance, and now there is a strong wind blowing on the sea, so they are not afraid of the sound of gunfire reaching the ears of the barbarians.

The warships in the bay can't hear it at all.

"Bang"

The sound of the cannon firing spread throughout the speedboat, and the sound of the cannon was also transmitted to the small boat in front with the help of the wind.

Everyone who heard the cannon sound knew what was going on. The pursuers behind fired.

Then, a column of water rose a few feet in front of the boat.

"Damn, it's so accurate."

Although it seemed to be far away from the boat, the experienced pirates knew that this was a demonstration shot. It could also be considered as measuring the angle to adjust the distance and correct the trajectory of subsequent shells.

You know, this cannon hit right in front of their boat. If the other party wanted to hit them, this cannon would probably have hit them.

The gunner on the opposite ship was obviously an old bird, the kind of gunner who would be a gun thief.

This shelling caused the pirates, who were still squeezing out the last bit of strength on the ship and rowing desperately, to stop their movements.

There was no way to run anymore.

"Don't stop, keep paddling."

The pirates had this mentality, but Lin Feng didn't. He didn't recover well when he fell into the hands of the Ming army.

Rather than being caught and beheaded by the Ming army, it would be better to die on the sea, at least without having to accept the humiliation of the Ming army.

At this moment, Lin Feng's pockmarked face looked even more terrifying.

Seeing his stunned men, Lin Feng pulled out a short musket from his waist and pointed it at the pirates.

"If you don't stop, paddle for me, or I will beat you to death."

"The boss is gone, we can't outrun the army's clippers.

If they fire again, we will all be dead. "

A boatman shouted to Lin Feng.

The shot is not accurate, who knows where it will land.

But they all know that if they get in contact, they will either die or be disabled.

Death seems to be the best relief. The worst thing is to be injured, the boat will sink, and sharks in the South China Sea will be attracted.

Pirates often used this method to punish people, cutting them and then throwing them into the sea to watch sharks bite and devour them.

Such a punishment is terrible, and everyone is afraid of it.

If it were in the past, Lin Feng's threat of death to them might have had an effect.

But not at this moment, because everyone can more or less guess Lin Feng's mentality at this time.

He could make such a choice, but they could not. No matter how loyal they were to Lin Feng, they would never gamble with him with their lives.

Yes, when it was really a matter of life and death, they would not accompany Lin Feng to go crazy.

Several pirates who were close to Lin Feng quietly glanced at each other. The tacit understanding they had developed over the years allowed them to know the meaning in their eyes through such looks.

Just when Lin Feng waved the blunderbuss in his hand again, forcing the pirates to continue rowing, the three pirates next to him suddenly took action and quickly clamped Lin Feng's arms, while the other one came directly behind him to strangle his neck. , the cooperation is quite tacit.

It can only be said that these three people are Lin Feng's most trusted personal guards, but at this moment, for the sake of their own lives, they can't care about anything else.

And this is not the first time that they have cooperated like this.

In fact, they did this to those leaders who were dissatisfied with Lin Feng, trapping and then killing them.

The only difference is that in the past, they followed Lin Feng's orders to deal with other pirate leaders, but this time it was their turn to take action against Lin Feng.

"You guys, let go."

Lin Feng knew something was wrong when someone strangled her neck, and she immediately struggled hard.

"Snapped."

There was a gunshot, and Lin Feng pulled the trigger of the short gun, but the projectile did not hit the people on the boat, but flew out of the boat and landed somewhere unknown.

"What are you still doing in a daze? Raise the white flag and bring a rope over to tie him up."

The pirate who strangled Lin Feng's neck shouted loudly at the frightened pirates in front of him.

"Oh oh oh, okay."

When the pirate heard what the other party said, he woke up from a dream and immediately followed the request and found the rope on the ship.

The four of them worked together to tie up Lin Feng tightly.

At the same time, other pirates also found a piece of white canvas and held it high with an oar.

"Retract the sails quickly to prevent the other side from continuing to fire."

The pirate who spoke at the beginning gave another order to the others.

At this point, naturally there can be no carelessness at all.

The sails were furled and the white flag fully demonstrated their intention to surrender. The Ming army should not continue to attack them.

On the Ming army warship behind them, although they could not clearly see what was happening on the ship in front due to the distance, the white flag raised and the action of reefing the sail let them know what the other party meant.

"Lean closer."

The commander-in-chief captain ordered loudly.

Capturing a ship of pirates alive is no small feat.

Yes, now that he had combined with the several boats he had overtaken in front of him, he had realized the identity of the other party. They should be the remaining pirates on Luzon Island who were not besieged in Tortoiseshell City.

It might be someone who was hiding in the dock area before and wanted to escape while it was dark.

At this time, the flag captain did not realize that the huge credit fell on his head, and he was almost shot away with a cannon.

You know, if you can't catch Lin Feng and don't see Lin Feng's body, then this credit will not be recognized according to the regulations of the court.

If he had really hit the ship with a cannon at that time, all his credit would be lost, even if everyone on the other ships identified him.

The imperial court will not believe empty words, it means seeing people alive or dead or corpses.

However, when the clipper approached the boat and began to lower its sails and reduce its speed, and finally the two boats were firmly close to each other, the leading pirate said directly: "The common people are willing to surrender, and the bandit leader Lin Feng has been bound. Please "Official Master"

The commander-in-chief only listened to the first half of what the other person said. When he understood what the other person said, his head suddenly felt buzzing and he could no longer hear the rest of the other person's words.

"Lin Feng, there is Lin Feng on the boat opposite. Who is Lin Feng?"

It took a while for the general flag officer to come back to his senses.

Lin Feng was the leader of this group of pirates. I never thought that he would run from the city to the sea and be caught by me.

The general flag officer was happy at this moment, while the tied-up Lin Feng was obviously unfortunate. He stared at the boat full of his former subordinates with wide eyes.

Something was stuffed in his mouth, so he couldn't make a sound, otherwise he would have started to curse.

"Send the people over, tie your boat to ours, and go back with us."

At this time, the Ming Navy warships had come from a distance behind the speedboat. They did not receive the other party's small boats, but just used ropes to tie the other party's boats and towed them over.

"Send a signal, all ships return."

The general flag officer gave an order.

The flag bearer and lookout immediately sent a return signal from a high place to the speedboat coming from behind. The ships behind saw it and immediately slowed down and prepared to turn.

Meanwhile, the general flag watched the other side send the tied up Lin Feng to the big ship. He also circled around Lin Feng who was thrown on the deck like a dead pig for several times, as if he was looking at a peerless beauty.

"Sure enough, you are a big-headed person. Hehe, big-headed Lin, you didn't expect that you would fall into my hands today."

The general flag was very happy at this time. Although the credit of capturing the bandit leader could not make him the biggest hero of this southern expedition, it was not far off.

To the south of Pengaslan Bay, several speedboats turned around one after another, and each speedboat was followed by one or two small boats.

The sailors paddled hard and went back against the wind.

How smooth it was before, how miserable it is now.

It is really hard to sail against the current with a burden behind you.

However, after knowing the credit they had won, all the sailors were now full of the rewards from the court. They only thought about how to spend the silver.

Just as they rowed desperately to get back to the mouth of the bay, all the warships of the Ming army's South China Sea Navy finally finished their preparations and sailed towards Pengaslan Bay according to the formation ordered by the king.

At this time, the Spanish fleet anchored in the bay had not noticed it at all.

When the first few Ming army gunboats took the lead in entering the bay, the Spanish sailors who were responsible for the lookout at first thought that the two warships of the allied forces were coming.

When the raid was launched before, the Ming army gunboats also followed them to participate in the action, so they were quite familiar with each other.

However, when two more gunboats appeared after the two gunboats in front, and when two more gunboats appeared, the lookout couldn't help rubbing his eyes, and rubbing his eyes again.

At this time, in his eyes, there were more than eight Ming army gunboats in this bay, and at the mouth of the bay, it seemed that more warships were gathering, ready to enter the bay continuously.

In an instant, the lookout had a bad premonition and immediately sounded the alarm.

Although the alarm bells spread throughout the ship, all the Spanish sailors who were waiting for dinner rushed out of the cabin and returned to their respective positions. They saw more than 20 Ming navy warships heading towards the bay.

"They are approaching, get ready for battle."

The lookout shouted loudly to his stunned comrades.