Chapter 257

The sounds of artillery and crossbows were heard one after another.

Qiao Sheng controlled the artillery, while Xia Beibei and Lin Haiyang controlled several improved crossbow carts at the same time, catching the combat pirates who were pushing heavy weapons to the shore by surprise.

Li Mu was busy contacting the crew members of other ships. There were indeed a few ships equipped with catapults and crossbow carts among the crew members assigned to them, but because of the range problem, they were all in use now.

The ship at the forefront must be Qiao Sheng and his team, which was strong and large, and more importantly, their firepower was sufficient.

The players on other ships only needed to quietly fire arrows.

Although Qiao Sheng and his team were more tired, the effect was still good, and the combat pirates fell one after another.

Pei Hong, Shen Li and Li Mu were also constantly exchanging emails. Li Mu read and recited the emails, which gave them a rough idea.

When hearing that Pei Hong no longer had support from the pirates, Qiao Sheng immediately asked Li Mu, who had just finished reading the email, to make ammunition and large arrows.

The lack of support meant that the pirates had given up the defense of the west and would definitely send reinforcements to the south and east.

Not long after, Shen Li sent an email saying that he had clearly felt the reinforcements, but it was still within the controllable range, so Pei Hong and Li Mu did not need to worry.

The ammunition prepared by Qiao Sheng and his team came in handy. The pirates in the east had been trying to organize a counterattack, but they were unable to do so due to their heavy firepower.

At noon, the snow that had been falling for a long time stopped, and the pirates' counterattacks became slower and slower, and less and less. At first, Qiao Sheng and his team thought that the other side was scared.

"The number is wrong, there is a problem. We have eliminated less than a thousand pirates at most this morning, which is far from their actual number. They may be holding back their big moves if they suddenly stopped counterattacking." Li Mu had been busy all the time, so he had time to stop and observe the pirates on the shore, and that's why he came up with such data.

It is said that Pei Hong only managed to take down less than 500 pirates, and some of them were only injured and carried away by the pirates.

Shen Li had a team member specially arranged to count the data, which was about 800 pirates. If they were all caught together, there would be just over 2,000 pirates. 80% of the pirates were not killed, and they did not come out to fight, which obviously meant they had other plans.

Everyone exchanged information and decided to let Pei Hong leave some people to guard the burning western forest, and the others to go to the northern cliff to take a look, so as not to surround the three sides and let the pirates run away from the other side.

An hour later, Pei Hong sent an email saying that there were indeed pirates on the top of the northern cliff, but there were no ships in the north, and the other party had no intention of coming down, as if they were just patrolling the mountain and had no other actions.

This situation was beyond their expectations, and several people could not figure out the reason. In the end, they decided to remain unchanged in the face of all changes, and at the same time reduce the consumption of ammunition. They only used improved crossbow carts and stopped the artillery. Li Mu also notified other ships to suspend shooting and wait and see.

This stalemate lasted until the sun set, night fell, and the snow fell again. The pirates on the shore did not move, and the players did not dare to go ashore rashly.

The temporary captains of the three teams sent emails to each other, leaving one person to keep an eye on the situation on the shore, and the rest of the players took the time to rest.

Qiao Sheng arranged Xu Ziyan and Li Mu to follow the situation, one in the first half of the night and the other in the second half of the night.

The pirates who had been keeping silent for a long time finally made some movements in the second half of the night when Li Mu was on guard. It was very dark, and the situation on the shore was reflected by the snow on the ground. A group of black men were busy in the snow with shovels.

Although their boat was far from the shore, it was also very clear. Li Mu kept his eyes on the pirates who were digging trenches for defense. There were quite a lot of people working this time. It was estimated that they wanted to make a quick decision and complete the fortifications so that they could compete with them tomorrow.

While the other side was still busy, Li Mu secretly woke up the people on his ship, and then sent emails to each player on the ship. Some woke up and replied, and for those who didn't reply, he asked Ah Dai to fly over and knock on the ship's door. Soon, all the captains in his team replied. Everyone gathered

, sent emails to Pei Hong and Shen Li to remind them, and then Qiao Sheng fired the first shot. The sky was full of flames and deafening explosions, which stunned the pirates who had dug half of the trenches.

However, these trench diggers should also be well-trained combat pirates. They reacted quickly, and then began to look for cover and started to fight back with the crossbows in their hands.

Pei Hong and Shen Li did not see any pirates and wanted to come over to support them, but Li Mu stopped them. They blocked all these sides. It was more interesting to catch turtles in a jar. If there was a gap and the pirates escaped, the battle would never be over.

Before Pei Hong returned to the west from the northern cliff, he left a boat at the bottom of the cliff to keep watch. If there was any problem, he would send an email immediately. No pirates could escape from the island.

The second round of fighting lasted until morning. When it was daybreak, the vision was clear. There were many pirate corpses on the shore, and the remaining pirates were hiding behind the bunkers.

"Is the guy with the sword a leader? He doesn't dare to show his face. We can only see him swinging the sword from time to time from the side of the rock. Every time he swings it, the pirates' attack becomes more fierce." Xia Beibei, who was operating the crossbow cart to shoot, pointed to the rock on the far left and asked.

After observing for a while, it was almost the same as she said. Lin Haiyang's crossbow cart adjusted the direction and found that the crossbow cart could not shoot at that position.

Qiao Sheng's artillery muzzle also turned over, but it was still a little short. There was indeed something about the position where the commander was hiding.

Qiao Sheng, who was in a hurry, asked Li Mu to take over a few artillery pieces and ran upstairs to do something.

When she came down again, she had a sly smile on her face. Xia Beibei and the others didn't say anything when they asked, and just let them watch the show. It was not

until Ah Dai appeared in their sight that they realized that Qiao Sheng had sent his men to fight.

"How good is Ah Dai? We should let it drag You Su with it. The damage of the two is much stronger than Ah Dai alone." While shooting, Lin Haiyang said that Ah Dai's fighting ability was not very strong and might not cause any damage to the opponent.

Unexpectedly, Ah Dai did not land the whole time. Then they heard screams and roars from behind the rocks. Then Ah Dai dodged left and right under the shooting of a bunch of bows and arrows and flew back to the boat safely.

"No, Ah Dai went to drug it?" Xia Beibei saw something falling from Ah Dai and asked uncertainly.

"Oh, I forgot, I should have let Ah Dai bring the knockout drug and spread it around to solve the problem! Oh no, I have made a mistake this time!" Qiao Sheng stamped his feet in annoyance.

The others were even more confused about what she had thrown. After repeated questioning, they realized that Qiao Sheng also had a childish side.

She was angry that the conductor was a villain who made moves from behind, so she let Ah Dai fly over and poop on the conductor's head, making everyone laugh and cry.

However, if Ah Dai were to go over and drug the pirates now, the other party would definitely be alert, so the idea of ​​applying the knockout drug was passed. Qiao Sheng felt quite regretful, but Li Mu comforted her that it didn't matter, and that the drug was not a big deal. It was just a matter of using more ammunition to solve the problem.

The battle lasted until late at night again. Because the pirates couldn't get out, they were all pinned on the shore and beaten. This gave Qiao Sheng and his team a chance to rest. As long as the firepower was uninterrupted, the members on other ships also took turns to rest.

The reason for everyone to take a rest was that they were preparing for a night attack. Not long after dark, Ah Dai took Little Eagle, with knockout drugs tied to its claws, and circled the island a few times. It was unknown how much drugs were poured. Little Eagle was discovered by the pirates because he was not skilled in drugging, and was shot with an arrow.

It was brought back by Ah Dai. When Qiao Sheng and the others saw the little eagle, it was still pierced by an arrow. Ah Dai was anxiously pacing around.

Xia Beibei dragged it aside because she thought it would affect Qiao Sheng and the others' treatment.

First, she fed the insurance to the little eagle and checked its health bar. It finally recovered a little. Li Mu checked the arrow stuck in its body and confirmed that it was non-toxic. Then he cut off the arrow head with a machete, held down the little eagle's body, and pulled out the arrow.

Qiao Sheng immediately sprinkled Baibaodan powder on the two bleeding wounds. Because the little eagle had feathers instead of skin, he did not directly apply a skin film, but tied it with a bandage. After confirming that there was no problem, he mixed a bowl of dissolved Baibaodan powder in its food bowl.

He poured it all in, and only after watching its health bar recover to two-thirds did he feel at ease to move it to the sofa where it usually slept.

Lin Haiyang said that after the battle was over, he would definitely make a good reward for these heroes. After

confirming with Ah Dai about the situation of the dropping of the knockout drug, and knowing how many thousands of pirates would be killed after the drug was spilled, he discussed with Pei Hong and Shen Li to kill the pirate island from three directions. Otherwise,

it would be painful and itchy to attack from such a long distance, and who knows how long this battle would take.

The forest on Pei Hong's side was still burning, and he could not land directly from the west, so he prepared to go around to the south to go ashore.

He also left team members here to watch, and if there were any pirates who escaped, they would fight them if they could, and if they couldn't, they would notify them to come over.

Shen Li also left a team member to guard the southern shore, but they were ready to land directly from here. Knowing that Pei Hong and his team were coming, they were not in a hurry to go ashore, waiting for the team over there to rush together. After

the three parties discussed it, Qiao Sheng and his team led the team members and rowed the boat straight to the east coast. The pirates who were still resisting saw this scene and immediately blew the horn and sounded the alarm.

When they reached the shore, they could clearly feel the pirates’ reinforcements, so they were not in a hurry to rush ashore.

Xia Beibei and Lin Haiyang set up the improved crossbow cart and gave the shore another beating.

Li Mu used his bow and arrows, and every arrow hit a target. When the number of pirates here decreased, Qiao Sheng rushed to the shore with a few monks and other players. The way she swung her sword was not much different from the way she chopped off a wild boar's head before.

Qiao Sheng did not lead the players to advance recklessly. Basically, she relied on Xia Beibei and his crossbow carts to cause trouble on the east coast. She killed the pirates who came to reinforce her one by one, and killed a pair of pirates.

They were killing happily here, but Pei Hong was ambushed. It was estimated that the pirates found that the firepower of the other two sides was not strong, so they prepared to break out from the west and south.

Taking advantage of the night, the pirates were moving and happened to encounter Pei Hong and Shen Li's team who rushed ashore for a night attack. Fortunately, they had left operators of artillery and crossbow carts on the ship in advance, so that the rear could provide fire support when the two sides fought.

When Qiao Sheng and his team killed all the pirates on the east coast, they were still wondering why there was no reinforcement. The pirates were killing fewer and fewer. When arranging the team members to clean up the aftermath, Li Mu received Pei Hong's email for help. Only

then did they know that the pirates did not come over and rushed to the other two directions. Everyone was too busy cleaning up the battlefield. They just picked up the undamaged arrows in front of them, hurried back to the ship, and went to the sea to reinforce.

When they arrived at the southern waters, it was already daybreak. Pei Hong and Shen Li's ships were still firing large arrows and cannonballs, and all the pirates lying on the shore were dead.

Qiao Sheng glanced at the player team and it was obvious that there were less than 800 people. It was estimated that more than 30% of them were killed or wounded.

Lin Haiyang stood on the terrace and shouted to Pei Hong and his ship, asking them to give up the advantageous position and let their ship take over.

Everyone was an acquaintance, and as soon as they shouted, the other side immediately gave way, and soon Qiao Sheng and his ship occupied the best shooting position.

This time, Li Mu did not stay on the boat, and rushed down with Qiao Sheng, leaving Xia Beibei and Lin Haiyang on the boat to provide fire support.

Originally, the players assigned by Qiao Sheng and his team had high combat power, and there were also killers like Fang Yueyi and Xu Ziyan. After they joined the battle, Pei Hong and his team's disadvantage was reversed.

Li Mu arranged 20 players to be responsible for transporting the wounded back to the ship, and called the team doctor of Pei Hong's fleet, and gave all the treasure pills in his wrist bag to him, asking him to hurry up to treat the wounded. If the players continued to fight with injuries, they would lose too much blood if they were not careful.

It is better to take them back and bandage them to restore full blood before joining the battle. It is better to play a wheel battle with the pirates instead of fighting to the end and causing casualties.

Qiao Sheng and Fang Yueyi, the two killers, rushed to the front, and Xia Beibei cleared the way for them all the way behind. The cooperation of these three people was called skillful.

Recently, Jinlan has also trained two black bears, two male lions, plus the flying Ah Dai and the small and chaotic You Su. This animal team also followed Qiao Sheng and the others into the pirate group. They were like fish in water, charging forward.

Pei Hong, who had just joined Li Mu, was already covered in wounds. Li Mu stood in front of him and fought side by side with him, so he had time to stop and take recovery medicine to replenish his blood bar.

"I knew that Fang Yueyi was a fierce girl before, and yours is not bad either. Don't tell me that the one responsible for cooperation on the ship is the underage girl. These three girls together can do quite a lot of damage." Pei Hong whispered to Li Mu while waiting for his blood bar to recover.

"You said they were fierce. If they hadn't rushed up to help, Brother Pei would have died here today." Li Mu shot with his bow and smiled at him.

"Really? Not to mention that I'm middle-aged now, even when I was young, I couldn't beat them. I'm really convinced." Pei Hong didn't get angry when Li Mu said that. He happily checked his health bar. After it was completely recovered, he picked up the machete and continued to fight.

The wheeled warfare adopted by Li Mu was very effective, which greatly reduced the death rate of players. Because the drugs were prepared in the early stage, the players started to act rogue at this time, and the effect of the drug-taking style was really great.

However, the gap between the number of players and pirates was still huge. Qiao Sheng and her team enjoyed the killing, but they were also very tired. After several hours of fighting, they were exhausted and had to withdraw to rest.

The two main players withdrew with a group of animals, and the players' strength was significantly reduced. The pirate leader probably also saw this situation and immediately organized the pirates to counterattack.

Li Mu quickly notified Lin Haiyang and Xia Beibei to increase the firepower output so as not to increase the pressure on the players.

Qiao Sheng and his team returned to the boat and only washed their hands, then quickly took out food, water and medicine to recover.

They also gave the cassock cubs double the amount of shark meat stuffing in the buns. While eating, Qiao Sheng couldn't help but ask Ah Dai, didn't they say that the medicine was poured out on half of the pirates, why are there still so many.

After Ah Dai made a lot of comparisons, they realized that the number of pirates they counted was wrong. There were more than 10,000 pirates, but it had to be doubled. There was actually an underground part under the pirate combat camp, which meant that the number of combat pirates they originally estimated had at least doubled.

The pirates on the ground who were not in the house were knocked out by Ah Dai and his men, but the pirates underground and in the house were helpless.

Qiao Sheng quickly sent an email to Li Mu to tell him about the situation. After all, if they were one against ten and used a wheeled battle, there was still some hope. However, if the number doubled, not to mention any changes in the players' mentality, even the drugs they had stored might not be able to withstand it.

Li Mu received the news but did not dare to speak loudly. He secretly told Pei Hong about the situation. The estimate was wrong, catching them off guard. It was

unrealistic to stop now. The battle was halfway through. Retreating now would not only give the other side a chance to breathe, but also let them repair the fortifications. It would be difficult for the players to attack again. This time, the other side was completely caught off guard.

But what everyone is facing is that the players are exhausted. Even Qiao Sheng and Fang Yueyi, who have been fighting for several hours, need to retreat to rest, not to mention other players with average combat power.

Seeing the players' combat power getting lower and lower, and the pirates getting more and more rampant, Pei Hong and Li Mu are a little anxious, but no matter how hard they work on the battlefield, the situation cannot be reversed in an instant.