Headed by the Taiping ship and the Changyang ship, two pirate ships, a total of four ships, set sail and went straight to Zuli's old nest Huludao, Zuli is the most powerful pirate in this sea area, and his net worth must be very expensive. Thinking www.biquge.info about the upcoming harvest, Zhou Li's heart was hot.

With money, there will be newer warships, more qualified sailors can be trained, more soldiers can be recruited, and a larger fleet can be organized. Your Majesty said very clearly, this time to grab the goods of the Ning family, there is no need to want to get involved, Your Majesty wants to use him to exchange Ning Zeyuan for the position of the patriarch of the Ning family, that is, the six captured pirate warships, all of which must be handed over to Ning Zeyuan, as Ning Zeyuan's capture, return to the Ning family's lair in Quanzhou to show off his might.

In this case, he can only hope that Zuli, the lair of the pirate leader, can make up for these losses, otherwise, this trip will be a big loss. Of course, this is in the short term, Zhou Li is not a short-sighted person, if according to His Majesty's plan, in a few years, the Ming Naval Division will become the overlord in this sea area. Naturally, the money was rolling in at that time.

Of course, any future is just an expectation, and what can be held in the hands now is naturally more comforting in the hands of the hands.

On the deck of the top number, Qin Feng stood in the wind, beside him, Ning Zeyuan and He Ying stood on the left and right, and a few steps behind him, there were horse monkeys.

"Two, this is our main battleship in the future." Qin Feng patted the railing and said, "The Ning clan also has a three-masted and three-story main battleship, how does it compare to the Taiping Ship and the Changyang Ship?" ”

Ning Zeyuan did not speak, in this regard, naturally He Ying is an expert.

"Your Majesty, although they are both three-masted and three-story warships, Ning's battleships are not as good as the Taiping Ships and the Changyang Ships." He Ying said.

"Oh, I'm going to hear the truth, you don't have to comfort me with words." Qin Feng said with a smile.

He Ying shook his head: "Of course the grass people are serious. The grass people have been begging for a living at sea, relying on the boat, whether the boat is good or bad, the grass people just want to be able to distinguish one or two as soon as they get on the boat. Although Ning's warship is also three-masted and three-sailed, its speed is far inferior to that of the Taiping ship, and the staying power is only afraid that it will be worse. ”

"Why is that?"

"Ning's three main warships use the bow of the Yuantou, which is naturally more stable for sea ships, while the Taiping ship uses a conical bow, which is different in design and makes the Taiping ship more smooth." He Ying carefully recalled the direction of today's visit to the Taiping Ship, "Moreover, the Taiping Ship uses wheel pulp, while the Ning Battleship is still an old-fashioned oar, which not only has weak explosive power, but also has worse staying power. The Taiping was able to drive the large ship with less manpower, which saved a lot of manpower for the warship. ”

"Well, this Yu Cong told me." Qin Feng smiled and nodded.

"Many of the designs of the Taiping Ship, the grass people are the first time to see them, whether these designs are good or bad, the grass people can't judge his role and benefits for a while, they have to fight a battle before they can say why, so they don't dare to speak in front of Your Majesty." He Ying said.

"I heard Zhou Li say that a few years ago, there was a huge fleet in the West to attack, but it was defeated by a coalition of island nations, city-states and pirates, do you know this?" Qin Feng asked.

Hearing Qin Feng's question, He Ying's face suddenly flashed with a difficult and indescribable demeanor: "Your Majesty, the grass people not only saw it with their own eyes, but also participated in that battle in person, Zhou Li was unlucky, that time, it happened that the grass people also went to sea with the fleet." ”

"You've been to that battle yourself?" Qin Feng was a little surprised.

"Yes, it was the grass people who happened to trade there with their fleets and merchant ships, and it was a good time." He Ying smiled: "It was the most thrilling naval battle fought by the grass people's generation, hundreds of warships fought fiercely on the sea, there were burning ships everywhere, and people struggling to survive and floating wreckage could be seen everywhere on the sea. In the end, the coalition won a crushing victory, and the main fleet of the Western fleet was buried in that sea. ”

"What is that Western fleet battleship like? How is the combat power? Qin Feng asked.

He Ying took a deep breath: "Your Majesty, their main battleship is a round-headed bow similar to the Ning clan, and it is also a three-masted and three-layer battleship, that time, there are nearly twenty such warships in their fleet, plus other auxiliary warships, there are a total of more than a hundred, and the coalition side has gathered more than three hundred warships, but there are less than ten warships like three-masted and three-story warships, of which we and the Zhou clan of Bozhou of Qi State account for four." ”

"Where was Zhou at that time?"

"Yes, where did we trade at that time, the Western fleet invaded, this area formed a coalition army, and even pirates were organized to participate in the war, how can we get out, unless we don't want to mix in any area in the future." He Ying said.

"Is there anyone else with such charisma?"

"Niran, King of the Nation of Manila. It is also the largest island nation in that area, and the strength is also the strongest, the king of Nilan is a fair man, and enjoys a high reputation among those island countries and city-states, and it is also the Western fleet that has gone too far at the beginning, forcing these island nations to unite against them. ”

"What did they do?"

"They captured a small island country, burned, killed and looted, and there were no chickens and dogs left!" He Ying shook his head, "It is precisely because they have no room for room that this arouses the hatred of the same enemy, and we are naturally unwilling to lose this place of wealth." Under Nilan's call, he could only join, and he became the main force to resist the enemy. ”

"Fought hard?" Qin Feng asked.

"It was very difficult, the opponent's level of naval warfare was quite high, and the ability of the sailors was also extremely strong, not in the slightest under those of us who had been immersed in the sea all our lives, to be honest, the reason why we won that battle was not because we were stronger than them, but because they came from afar and were not familiar with this sea area, and we did everything we could, not so much to defeat, but to drag the other side to death alive and exhausted. In that battle, on our side, in the end, there were only more than 100 warships left, and the other side was completely annihilated. ”

"No prisoners?"

He Ying shook his head: "Both sides were exhausted in the end, and the hatred of each other was even more soaked to the bones, and in the end, many people were indeed arrested, but they all cut off their heads." However, Your Majesty, the grass people searched a chart on a warship, which was the mark made by this fleet along the way. ”

"That's good stuff!" Qin Feng's eyes lit up.

"It's indeed a good thing, but it's useless for us, after seeing the capabilities of that fleet, we Ning Clan, don't have the courage to go west again." He Ying said: "Your Majesty likes it, and when the grass people go back, I will dedicate it to Your Majesty." ”

"Good, good." Qin Feng clapped his hands and sighed: "The Ning clan doesn't have the ability to go west again, it doesn't mean that Da Ming doesn't have it, even if he doesn't have the ability to go now, he will have it in the future." ”

"The grass people are willing to serve Your Majesty's dogs and horses, so that Your Majesty can drive them, even if they go to the soup and fire, they will not hesitate." Ning Zeyuan, He Ying and the two bowed together.

"When we have hundreds of such main warships, and when we have warships larger than these two thousand, when I will dominate the world in the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely let you go to the west to have a look and compare." Qin Feng laughed.

The lookout post at the top of the mainmast blew a sharp whistle, and when he heard this whistle, He Ying, who stood up straight, was in high spirits, and this was that the target had been discovered.

Sure enough, in just a few moments, a verdant island appeared in everyone's field of vision. Two small islands, one large and one small, are connected by a small mountain beam in the middle, which resembles a gourd, so it is named Huludao.

With the discovery of the target, the ship immediately became busy, the soldiers who were originally sitting on the side of the ship stood up one after another, on the two sides of the third floor, the felt cloth covered with the crossbow machine was torn off, and one crossbow machine showed a hideous face, and at the end of the three decks of the entire battleship, the transformed thunderbolt also showed his true face for the first time.

He Ying looked at the guys who looked like cabins, revealing a look of astonishment.

"That's a thunderbolt, a ranged attack weapon, stay a little bit, and you'll be able to see how powerful it is." Qin Feng said with a smile. In order to install the Thunderbolt on the ship, the weapons craftsmen of Taiping City and the shipbuilders of Taiping Shipyard pondered for a whole month before reaching an agreement.

On the island in the distance, puffs of wolf smoke rose into the sky, which was a warning, probably asking Zuli for help, but unfortunately, their reinforcements have now become prisoners of war of the Ming army, how can they come to rescue them?

The battleship approached step by step, Zhou Li and Zhou Yangfan were all familiar customers in this sea area, and they were not once or twice after passing through Huludao, they were familiar with the road, and they naturally knew that the water was deep and shallow, and the reefs were dense.

Standing on the boat, you can see the green shade, there are houses, wharves and other buildings, although not as good as Baoqing Port, but also quite a scale, in the high place, there are also some trebuchets, look at the appearance, it should be blocked the waterway into the port.

Zhou Li issued an order, the Taiping ship slowly stopped, and Zhou Yangfan led the Changyang ship and two sea ships to continue to advance.

The two pirate ships took the lead, and the Changyang ship was behind, moving quickly through the waterway.

Panicked drums and gongs sounded from the island, and with several loud bangs, more than a dozen stone projectiles fell from a high altitude and hit the pirate ship at the front.

There was a thud, and the pirate ship at the head was immediately hit by a stone bullet, and the hull of the ship shook violently, and huge waves of water splashed.

Next, He Ying's pupils couldn't help but expand.

On the Changyang ship, strands of smoke rose up, and one after another red iron bullets rose into the air, a wave of attacks, it was dozens of iron bullets, looking at the traces of those red iron bullets in the air, He Ying's face couldn't help twitching.