Volume 5: The Gathering of Storms Chapter 295: Harbor Defense (Part 1)
To be honest, Xu Zun was not surprised to see Xiao Zhennan and his wife appear 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 have been sailing long distances for many years, so they are naturally good at swimming. They must have bypassed the side of the ship in the water and found an opportunity to board the ship on the other side where there are fewer people.
But……
Xu Zunke had no idea how Ku Niang got to the deck.
It was just as if when he first entered the underground sewer of the Holy City, Ku Niang suddenly appeared behind him.
To Xu Zun it felt like Ku Niang could teleport.
However, Xu Zun's heart tightened at the same time, remembering what Yue Jinglei had said to him, that Ku Niang's serious injury had not yet healed, and it was not advisable for her to use her internal energy within a month, otherwise her life would be in danger.
However, Ku Niang still took action. I wonder how she is doing now?
Hopefully, to deal with these pirates, Ku Niang won’t have to use her inner strength, right?
Everything happened in a flash. When the guards saw the gangway suddenly lowered, they did not relax at all. Instead, they became even more nervous.
Because if you want to climb onto the deck, you need to climb the gangway.
By the same token, climbing the gangway would expose oneself to the enemy's muskets and crossbows.
Therefore, they now urgently need a life-and-death assault to cover Xu Zun and others to get on board.
Dai Long, nicknamed Desperate Saburo, immediately led a group of people to the front and shouted, "Follow me if you are not afraid of death. Let's have some fun in these squash bushes!"
After saying that, he leaped up, charged into the enemy camp alone , and used his sharp sword to kill wildly.
The guards behind were encouraged and jumped into the group of pirates, focusing on attacking those who were holding bows and crossbows.
In an instant, the fighting on the dock became fierce, and the guards took the risk alone and rushed into the enemy camp.
Those with strong martial arts skills were better off, but those with less skill were quickly caught in the enemy's fishing nets and then hacked to death...
"Sir! Hurry up!" Li Xing carried Ah Xiu on his back and signaled to Xu Zun, "Hurry up and get on board. It will be too late if you are late!"
Huo Anu immediately opened the iron umbrella and protected Xu Zun as he climbed up the gangway.
Shangguan Min was quite good at martial arts and was the first one to climb up the gangway to the deck.
However, after he went on deck, he did not participate in the battle on the deck. Instead, he turned around, drew his bow and arrow, and shot at the enemies on the dock.
The bow and arrow seemed to have eyes, and almost every arrow hit the enemy...
Xu Zun was quite agile and climbed onto the deck right after him.
At a glance, the battle on the deck was almost won. There was no need for those Daxuan sailors. Xiao Zhennan and his wife, Ku Niang and the other two were enough to kill the invading pirates.
After Li Xing boarded the ship, he immediately led his guards to remove the enemy's hooks and ropes to prevent anyone from climbing up.
Among the guards, any who still had crossbows or bows and arrows quickly turned around and shot at the enemies below.
However, they only had a few bows and arrows with them, and soon they had shot all the arrows and could only worry.
"Old Dai!" Zhao Yu shouted anxiously, "We are here, you guys should come up quickly too!"
However, after Zhao Yu shouted, he could no longer see Dai Long because he had been overwhelmed by the large number of pirates who were rushing over.
The other guards were also in danger. Only those who were closer to the side of the ship fought and retreated and began to climb the gangway.
However, as more and more pirates arrived at the dock, many crossbows and arrows were still shot at them. They had no choice but to turn around and face the dock, crawling while blocking the crossbows...
This won’t work!
Xu Zun quickly called over the soldiers on the deck and asked, "Quick, is there any kerosene on the 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 fingernail, "Can this cannon be fired?"
“No, sir,” the soldier said quickly, “the ship has not yet been equipped with ammunition and supplies, and is preparing to load them tomorrow!
"But..." The soldier recalled something and pointed to a certain spot on the deck. "We have already loaded the bows and arrows today. We just used a box of them..."
"Anuche!" Huo Anu shouted, "Why are you saying that now? Hurry and bring the bow and arrow!"
Upon hearing the order, several soldiers hurried to the mast to get bows and arrows.
Li Xing and others were so anxious that their eyes turned red. They immediately went up and chopped the wooden box in half with a knife. A large number of bows and arrows immediately fell to the ground.
The guards were all overjoyed and rushed forward to grab their weapons, even Zhao Yu and Huo Anu were no exception.
The ancients were good at archery, especially those who practiced martial arts, whose basic skill was archery.
Everyone quickly took their bows and arrows, ran to the side of the ship, and started shooting down.
Zhao Yu soon discovered that many of the arrowheads were coated with sulfur and other substances, so he simply lit the arrowheads and shot the rockets towards the dock.
The dozen or so guards were all good archers, and their arrows accurately hit the enemy, forcing them to raise their shields again.
Under the cover of this rain of arrows, Dai Long and his men finally got rid of the enemy and retreated under the side of the ship.
This time, they didn't need to climb the gangway because Li Xing and the 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 wounds, his hair had been cut off, and he looked disheveled and horrible.
But in the eyes of the guards, they were all in awe and felt deep admiration.
Annie carried hemostatic medicine with her and immediately stepped forward to treat Dai Long's wound.
Xu Zun took a quick look and saw that there were more than thirty guards before, but now there were only a dozen or so left, which showed how fierce the battle was.
Fortunately, there were still naval soldiers stationed on the ship. There were about thirty of them left. Excluding the wounded, there were only about fifty people who could fight.
When the naval soldiers saw the reinforcements arriving, their morale was boosted. They picked up their weapons and scattered around the deck to prevent any more pirates from boarding the ship.
Xu Zun looked towards the beach, but saw that all the pirates on the beach were rushing towards the navy dock.
Obviously, if they can't take these warships today, they will never give up.
Xu Zun knew very well that there were too many enemies. If the trend continued, they would definitely not be able to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
We must find a solution as soon as possible...
While observing, Xu Zun looked towards the sea in the distance, but saw flames on the sea, and there were actually a large number of pirates paddling towards the beach in sampans.
My God, how many people are needed!
Xu Zun couldn't help but be amazed, thinking back to what Xiao Zhennan had said to him, these people were not ordinary pirates, but soldiers from Izumo Kingdom!
There are so many soldiers, could they be the entire country’s troops?
Could it be that... they just wanted to destroy these warships or plunder Yongming City? Could it be that they didn't care about the consequences at all?
Swish…
Just as Xu Zun was thinking about countermeasures, someone suddenly threw a black object over from below. After the object hit the deck, it shattered with a loud bang, and a black pungent liquid flowed out.
this……
Then, a new group of pirates rushed in from below, almost every one of them holding a black bottle, and they all threw it towards the deck with all their might.
Although Shangguan Min didn't understand this operation, he subconsciously shot the rocket at a pirate who was throwing it.
As a result, after the rocket hit the bottle in the man's hand, the pirate suddenly burst into flames!!!
ah……
The man instantly turned into a fireball, howled in pain, and finally jumped directly into the sea...
broken!
Xu Zun and the others all understood, it turned out that what they threw was kerosene, this... they wanted to burn the ship!!!
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