The sound of Li Xiao's cannon was a signal, and Man Gui and Ao Canghai on both sides immediately surrounded them. Bullets were shot from almost all directions, and the shields could withstand it for a while from a long distance. Everyone had to huddle behind the shields to survive.

Some fierce men wanted to rush out using their armor. But as soon as they left the protection of the big shield, the armor would be smashed into pieces.

No matter how brave a guy is, he will eventually fall to the ground like a rag doll.

People were huddled behind large shields. Naturally, they were crowded with people, and people were next to each other. The mortar shells whizzed down, and shrapnel flew and sparks flew. Orange deadly flowers bloomed among the crowd.

Blood was flying and limbs were flying everywhere.

Huang Taiji, who was standing at the bow of the boat, closed his eyes in pain. Now he also understood that this was a trap. Oboi was using his life to remind him that this was a trap and he should not send anyone to die again.

"Withdraw!" At this point, Huang Taiji knew that he was defeated this time. In a night of fierce fighting, Zhengbai Banner lost at least a thousand people. These people are the essence of Zhengbai Banner. When he returns to Liaoyang, he will definitely be beaten by Amin Manggu.

Ertai laughed at them because just a month ago, Huang Taiji laughed at them the same way.

"Master Beile! Oboi is still on the island."

"Send someone up. I'm willing to pay ten thousand taels of silver in exchange for Obai's life." Huang Taiji hesitated for a moment, but decided to make a last-ditch effort. Oboi is the most capable person under Zhengbai's banner, so he should save him if he can.

Someone rowed a small boat and sailed to Phi Island with a white flag!

At dawn, ships on the sea could finally be seen. Li Xiu and Liu Laoliu took the only warship on Pi Island out to sea. When they saw a small sampan with a white flag, Li Xiu did not order it to be sunk.

The most important thing now is to sink the troop transport ships at sea. This time there are a lot of Tatar soldiers coming. There are seven or eight troop transport ships with 800 people on each ship, which means there are thousands of people.

Li Xiuzhen was a little scared. If his elder brother hadn't sounded the alarm in time tonight, once these people successfully landed on the island, the people on the island would have to die even if they had ten lives!

"Kill the biggest ship first!" Li Xiu immediately focused on Huang Taiji's boat! The reason is that this ship is the largest and is particularly eye-catching on the sea!

The warship was equipped with a trebuchet transferred from the shore. Although this wooden ship looked sturdy, if it were hit by a bomb thrown by the trebuchet, it would definitely end up with debris flying everywhere.

Just as they approached the Tatar warship, suddenly there was a burst of green smoke from the Tatar warship. Liu Laoliu was still stunned when he was grabbed by Li Xiao and pushed to the ground. The wood on the slipway was hit by bullets.

Sawdust flew everywhere, and several unsuspecting sailors were knocked down.

"Turn the helm! Turn the helm! Fight back!" Li Xiu roared loudly.

If he had been slower just now, neither he nor Liu Laoliu would have survived.

Empress Liu Laoliu was so scared that he lay on the ground. He had been busy transporting things on the water these days. He had never participated in any battles. He used to sail commercial and fishing boats, and he had no combat experience. Now that he encountered a naval battle, he was so scared that he crawled

Can't get up.

This old guy seemed to be useless, so Li Xiu could only direct the battle by himself. While turning the rudder of the warship, he let the trebuchet fire back.

The trebuchets fired immediately after hearing the order. In a hurry, the accuracy was already poor. In addition, this was the sea, and the warships bumped with the waves, which further affected the accuracy. Three trebuchets fired a salvo, but only one shell hit the target. But.

Because the distance was too far, the cannonball failed to hit the warship, but was bounced off the hull of the ship. When the bomb fell into the water, it went out and sank to the bottom in an instant. Not even a sound was heard!

The warship urgently filled its rudder and drew an arc in front of Huang Taiji's boat.

Once again, a volley of guns fired from the boat, this time from a much closer distance. They immediately knocked down the seven or eight people carrying the shells on the deck. The round bombs filled the deck and finally fell into the sea.

Fortunately, this ship is a warship and is made of hardwood. Otherwise, if it were a ship made of pine wood, the casualties would be even greater under such a blow.

"Second Master! Let's withdraw!" Liu Laoliu lay trembling on the deck and did not dare to get up. His crotch was very wet.

"Asshole, I will throw you down if you run away from the battle." Li Xiu roared like a lion.

If it weren't for the fact that Liu Laoliu had taught him how to sail a boat in the past two years, Li Xiu would have thrown Liu Laoliu into the sea. The eldest brother said that when two armies are fighting, as a general, he must

He has a strong drive to be ruthless not only to his enemies, but also to himself.

However, the current situation made Li Xiu scratch his head. The power of the trebuchet must be closer so that the iron bombs can hit the warship to be effective. But as long as he gets closer, a volley of guns will hit him from the opposite side.

The power of these volley guns is definitely not as good as Pi Dao's flintlock guns that use Mini bullets. But the target on your ship is so big that it is too easy to hit it.

"Damn Japanese pirates!" He couldn't rely on them, and he couldn't beat them from a long distance. Now Li Xiu regretted very much that he didn't bring a team of musketeers on board.

Li Xiao on the top of the mountain also saw this scene, and now he regrets why he sold all those artillery pieces to the Koreans. If there is one artillery piece at this time, it will definitely be a big killer. As for the broken ships of the Japanese pirates, two cannons can do it

Blast into dregs.

Now that the sun has risen more than ten feet high, we can clearly see the warships on the sea. From the style of these warships, we can tell that they are Japanese flat-headed ships.

"Master, the Second Master seems to be in trouble. If this stalemate continues, it will be detrimental to the Second Master!" Ai Husheng stood next to Li Xiao, looking at the situation on the sea and reminded Li Xiao.

"Blow the trumpet and ask Lao Er to come back. Lao Ai, go see what the envoy sent by the Tatars has to say."

"I'm not thirty yet, so I'm not old yet!" Ai Husheng was very dissatisfied with the title Lao Ai. He was still called old when he was still young.

"I'm not yet twenty years old, do you want me to call you Ai Ye? Come down quickly and see what the Tatars are going to do."

Li Xiao was very worried about the rise of Aocang Haixia. He killed the Tatar envoy on the sampan!

"Okay! You are the boss, you can call me whatever you want!" Ai Husheng muttered and led a few people down the mountain. Today is the first time to negotiate on behalf of Pidao, so we have to fight hard.

"Second Master! Listen to the horn sound, the boss is asking us to go back." Hearing the horn sound on the island, Liu Laoliu seemed to have heard a fairy voice and was as excited as a child.

"Humph! Go back to Hong Kong!" Li Xiu groaned dissatisfied, but still obeyed his elder brother's order.

A little further away from the enemy ship, Liu Laoliu regained his composure. He looked at Li Xiu sheepishly and wanted to go over and say something, but he didn't dare to see Li Xiu's stinky face. He looked like a douchebag.

The kid who did something wrong!

Ai Husheng led people to the pier, and a guy in his thirties with a mustache stepped off the sampan. He cupped his hands to Ai Husheng and said in blunt Chinese: "Sonni, the white flag is really on the mountain forehead."

.I don’t know what to call the gentleman in front of you?”

"It turns out to be Mr. Sony. I'm on the staff of Mr. Mao on Xia Aihu Rawhide Island. I wonder what Mr. Sony does here?" Ai Husheng also bowed his hand to Sony and replied in Manchu.

Diplomacy is like this. Even if the two sides are still fighting bloody battles on the battlefield, everyone still maintains hypocritical politeness on such occasions. The essence of diplomacy is to use the most civilized language and say the most shameless words.

"Mr. Ai can speak Manchu, that's great. You Han people have a saying that God has the virtue of good life. Now our people on the beach have been surrounded by you, and now they can only huddle up and linger. Can you let Mao

Your Majesty ordered them to be released, and our Lord Beile is willing to pay 7,000 taels of silver to buy them back."

"Seven thousand taels? Do you want to come to me to discuss business?" Ai Husheng did not expect that the Tatars would actually pay for the ransom.

"Yes! Seven thousand taels of silver to buy them a safe return." Sony said, pointing to Obai and others huddled under the cliff.

This is a blind spot for mortars, and there are some rocks that can serve as barriers. The bullets hit the rocks and scattered debris, but they can't do anything to them. Li Xiao is ordering people to carry the mortars and move them down the mountain. As long as the mortars are in place,

Their time of death. That's the good thing about direct-fire artillery. Even if you are hiding in grandma's crotch, it can blow you to pieces.

"Seven thousand taels? That's a lot of money! But Pidao doesn't lack this money!" Ai Husheng raised his head and looked at the sky. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw an artillery unit carrying a mortar down the mountain.

"If you don't lack these few dollars, that means you are still short of money. You are asking for a high price and have to pay back the money. I have made a price now. Why don't Mr. Ai also make a price? These people are my bannermen. If they can't pay back

Go ahead, their wives and children won't be able to survive. Even if you, Mr. Mao, do your best and raise your hands and let these people go. You will benefit from it, and ours will die less, and everyone will benefit!

If you insist on killing them, or even kill me together, the reward the Ming Dynasty court will give you will definitely not be this amount. What do you think?"

"You are wrong! Your head alone is worth seven thousand taels. Gushan'er is so true! Since our Ming Dynasty fought with you, it seems that no general of this level has been killed."

"Hahaha! I didn't expect Sony's head to be so valuable...!"

"You are wrong, life is more valuable!"

"Whether we are dead or alive, I, Sony, are very valuable. Mr. Ke Ai, have you ever thought about how you can maximize the interests of your Pi Island if you block the door of negotiation? Count on Ming Ting? According to

As far as I know, the Ming court has given you nothing. Tong Yangxing’s head and Wang Huazhen only gave you a mere thousand taels.

If he hadn’t gone too far tomorrow, I don’t think your General Li Xiao would have used Jueluo Baishan in exchange for something with us. Mr. Ai, are you right?”

"Hahaha! Mr. Sony really understands people's hearts, yes. We are all pursuing maximizing our own interests. Since you said seven thousand taels, I will also give you a lie, otherwise it will appear that our Pidao is not sincere. Ten thousand taels

For a thousand taels of silver, I can protect them from death."

"The Ming Dynasty only gives you fifty taels per head!"

"Death is like a lamp going out. A dead person's head is worth fifty taels. A living person's head is not worth this price. Are you right?"

"Ten thousand taels, this is my limit."

"Oh! It doesn't matter, I can afford to wait. I just don't know if you can afford to wait. The lives of these two or three hundred people are at stake. If you wait too long, I'm afraid you want to spend these twelve thousand taels. People can't wait.

He's almost dead!" Ai Husheng saw that not far away, mortars were already firing.

"I, Sony, have also been on the battlefield and have seen life and death. You are...!"

"Boom!" When Sony was still about to speak, a mortar shell had already been fired. Sony saw with his own eyes that several Zhengbai flag soldiers hiding behind rocks were blown up by the shells. Their limbs were broken and their flesh and blood were broken.

It was scattered all over the ground in a blur, and the tragedy of the scene shocked even Sony, who had seen the world.

"How? How long do you think they can survive? Every time you delay for a while, some of your people will die. Again, people die like lights going out and people being blown to pieces. Even if you can sew them up,

They won't survive either.

The most important thing in life is money! The things outside the body! Isn’t that true, Mr. Sony!”

"You...! Eleven thousand taels, no more." Sony jumped to his feet anxiously, as more than 300 people wouldn't be able to survive for long at this rate.

"Twelve thousand taels!" Ai Husheng's expression changed when he saw Sony, and he chewed up the price.

"Boom!" While the two were arguing, another cannonball was ejected from the chamber. Two or three more people behind the stone were blown out with bloody flesh, and each person was covered with shrapnel.

"Okay! Okay! Okay! I promise you, hurry up and don't let them fire anymore." Sony looked frightened. If Obai died, it would be all over. He is the pillar of Zhengbaiqi!

"Mr. Sony, this is the right thing! Go back and report to the boss to stop the bombardment!" The two parties agreed on the price, and Ai Husheng immediately sent someone to notify Li Xiao. The price of 12,000 taels of silver had been agreed upon, but the final decision

The power is still in Li Xiao's hands. If he insists on killing these people without asking for money, the talk between those two people will be in vain.

Master! According to the custom of Ming Dynasty people, shouldn't we call you "Master"? Sony rolled his eyes. Although Ai Husheng spoke in Chinese, Sony still understood him. Could it be that the real person in charge of Pi Island is not Mao Wenlong?

?

"Twelve thousand taels of silver?" Li Xiao looked at the people huddled under the cliff, and visually estimated that there should be about two to three hundred people, definitely not more than four hundred. If the injured were excluded, the number should be even less.

"Promise them, let the man named Sony shout. Let those people put down their weapons and come out to surrender. Then hand over the money in one hand and the people in the other!" After weighing it, Li Xiao decided to ask for the money.

Sony is right. It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty court to allocate money to Pi Dao. This year, it will recruit troops on a large scale and expand its nitrocellulose factory and gun-making factory. It buys iron ore and coal in North Korea, although the price is not high.
Chapter completed!