The Japanese pirates trusted by Xu Hai and others used bloody Japanese swords to command the Japanese pirate fleet to slowly move forward. Any Japanese ship that moved a little slower had one or two heads chopped off by them on false charges.
The bloody Japanese swords made the Japanese pirate fleet speed up its advance.
"Hurry, hurry, we don't need the three boats at the back anymore, transfer all the people on them to other boats, hurry, hurry!"
Seeing the fleet start to move, Xu Hai finally breathed a sigh of relief and rushed to the deck to give orders loudly.
Cut off the tail to survive!
Although the burning raft was getting closer and was about to catch the ship, the fleet could still be saved by abandoning the three ships at the back.
"Hahaha, Zhu Ping'an is still too young. I am not Cao Cao, and he is not Zhuge Zhou Yu! This is not Chibi! Reading from a script and imitating others is not embarrassing enough, hahaha..."
Having grasped the opportunity, Xu Hai could not help but open his arms and burst into laughter as if he had the world in his heart.
Just three ships! They are nothing to us.
Haha, Zhu Ping'an, you have made all the calculations and spent a lot of effort to build dozens of rafts. With such a big battle, you only achieved the result of defeating three Japanese ships.
Zhu Ping'an, you are nothing but this. No matter how virtuous you are, I am still more evil than you, Xu Hai laughed.
Under Xu Hai's command, the pirates on the last three ships of the Japanese pirate fleet fled to the Japanese ship in front.
When the Japanese pirates moved, the raft in front had already washed downstream and landed under the last Japanese ship.
The raft is low and the Japanese ship is tall, the two are equivalent to an adult and a baby. The raft rushes over as if drilling into the crotch.
However, the raft was still engulfed in flames.
The raft was under the Japanese ship, and the raging fire just happened to burn the Japanese ship, with the flame on the outside having the highest temperature and greatest power.
A big fire needs no wet firewood.
The straw and firewood on the raft were doused with grease, the fire was extremely big, and the Japanese ship was set on fire.
More and more rafts arrived, and first the first Japanese ship was set on fire, followed by the second and the third.
The ships of this era were all made of wood, and wood is a good burner. Soon, the last three Japanese ships abandoned by the pirates were set on fire by the rafts. With the help of the fierce north wind, the Japanese ships burned more and more fiercely. In the blink of an eye, the last three Japanese ships were engulfed in flames and billowing black smoke.
"Fortunately, the leader acted decisively and asked us to move to the boat ahead, otherwise we would all be roasted meat now."
The Japanese pirates who had transferred to the Japanese ship in front couldn't help but feel scared and feel relieved.
"It's not safe now. Our ship is only seven or eight meters away from them. It's still not safe enough."
The qualified Japanese pirates on the boat couldn't help feeling a little scared when they saw the burning Japanese ship behind them, because the raft was still coming downstream.
"It's okay. The raft just relies on the current. We can still row. They can't catch up with us."
"That's right. Now there's no traffic jam. We can row forward. If we row hard, the raft won't be able to catch up."
The other Japanese pirates said disapprovingly.
Indeed, under the bloody command of the Japanese pirates trusted by Xu Hai and others, the Japanese pirate fleet has slowly started to move forward.
Indeed, as long as you start rowing, the raft that relies solely on the water flow cannot catch up.
This is common sense!
Xu Hai was confident about this, Chen Dong and Ma Ye were confident about this, and all the Japanese pirates were confident about this.
"Hurry up, hurry up, row hard, get rid of the Ming army's rafts, and let them cry and eat dust behind you."
The Japanese pirates rowed their boats with all their might without any orders.
The Japanese ship pushed aside the waves and sailed forward.
"Hahaha, I'm safe now. I was scared just now."
Seeing the fleet set sail, Ma Ye wiped the cold sweat from his head, took a long breath, and said with emotion with a smile.
"Me too, my back is covered in cold sweat. Fortunately, Zhu Ping'an is still young. Hmm, this should be the work of Zhu Ping'an, right?"
Chen Dong also laughed. After going through the crisis, his mood became much better. He made a self-deprecating remark and asked Xu Hai.
He was still a little unsure about who was behind the conspiracy to burn the ships, and he suspected it was Zhu Ping'an.
"Haha, although I didn't see him, there would be no one else except him. In Suzhou Prefecture, he is probably the only one who has the guts to chase us. The others are a bunch of cowards without balls, not worth mentioning."
"Besides, looking at the armor they are wearing, it is obviously the cotton armor of the Zhejiang Army. If not the Zhejiang Army, who else could it be?"
Xu Hai said with certainty that he hated Zhu Ping'an and the Zhejiang Army under his command. He recognized the Zhejiang Army's uniforms at a glance.
"Hahahaha, it was a close call and quite exciting." Ma Ye opened his arms and laughed.
"Yes, it is very exciting. Haha, didn't the Zhejiang Army Amen just now shout that they were giving us gifts? It is impolite not to reciprocate. Let's say something to them, 'Thank you grandson for seeing me off. Grandpa is leaving first.'"
After surviving the crisis, Xu Hai relaxed and even had a rare moment of mischievousness, so he stood at the bow and shouted.
"Hahahaha, thank you grandson for seeing me off. Grandpa is leaving first." Seeing Xu Hai so interested, Chen Dong and Ma Ye also started shouting.
The crisis was over, and the Japanese pirates all relaxed. Seeing the three leaders leading the shouting, they all started shouting as well.
For a moment, the entire river bend was filled with the sound of “Thank you grandson for seeing me off. Grandpa is leaving first.”
"Hahahaha... filial sons and grandchildren, please don't see me off. Grandpa is gone."
"Grandchildren, I have received your great gifts. I am very satisfied with your filial piety."
The Japanese pirates burst into laughter.
After dozens of rafts set fire to the Japanese ships, they continued to drift downstream. The three Japanese ships that were on fire also drifted downstream, but their speed was much slower than that of the Japanese ships that were moving forward by paddling.
At this speed, we will never catch up with the Japanese ship in front.
It was precisely because of seeing this that the Japanese pirates became fearless, laughed wildly and began to provoke.
Just as the Japanese pirates were laughing wantonly, an iron chain was suddenly pulled up across the river ahead. Without any warning, the iron chain instantly appeared on the river.
Dozens of Zhejiang Army soldiers suddenly appeared on both sides of the river. They pulled the iron chains hard and quickly locked them on the big trees on both sides of the river.
Iron chains across the river.
These Zhejiang soldiers were not done after pulling up the first iron chain. They quickly took two steps forward, reached out and pulled out another iron chain, and quickly locked it to another big tree.
Once again, the iron chain across the river.
Then, another one.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the Zhejiang army successively pulled up three iron chains across the river.