In the end, what disappointed Yang Dingtian was that this Black Blood Island was actually easy to defend and hard to attack.
The surroundings were filled with towering cliffs and precipitous rock faces, and there was only one way to enter. The two sides of that place were completely filled with precipitous rock faces that could only allow three people to pass through side by side.
This wasn't just easy to defend and hard to attack. It was simply a case of one man holding the pass while ten thousand men couldn't pass through.
It seemed like it wouldn't work to bring men to attack the island as that would only be courting death.
"Have a decisive battle on the sea. Gather dozens of ships and have a decisive battle on the sea!" Yang Dingtian pointed at the schematic map on the wall and spoke ruthlessly.
Instantly, the few people below were slightly startled as they felt strange, but they didn't dare to voice out their doubts.
The one who spoke was still Dugu Fengwu as she said, "Big Brother Yan, we might not have any chance of winning a decisive battle on land.
However, it is even more difficult to have a decisive battle on the sea because they have more ships than us in terms of quantity and quality.
Furthermore, they are pirates and are experts in naval battles.
We are at a greater disadvantage on the sea. "
Once Ling Wu said this, the others immediately nodded in succession.
"Don't worry, I have a secret weapon."
Yang Dingtian said, "In the remaining one or two days, prepare a large amount of charcoal, white flint, and ardent sulphur crystals …"
Yang Dingtian listed dozens of items before he said, "I have great use for these items."
After that, Yang Dingtian said again, "In addition, send men to forge dozens of special wooden machines in the next two days. I will draw out the specific structure in a while. You just have to forge according to the blueprint."
Even though everyone still had doubts in their hearts, they still responded loudly.
"Yes!"
*****
Two days later, everything was prepared.
A few hundred sets of secret weapons had been made, and dozens of large-scale wooden machines had also been forged.
Over a hundred brothers of the Black Blood Cavalry had also arrived.
At this moment, the envoys of the Black Blood Island had boarded the Inferno Island and were incomparably arrogant.
"I am here to bring someone. Quickly wash your Young Lady Ling Wu clean and send her onto the ship. The ship must be filled with gold coins and let me bring her along to the Black Blood Island. Otherwise, when my Black Blood Army arrives, I will definitely not spare even the chickens and dogs of the Inferno Island."
Once these words were spoken, the brothers of the Black Blood Cavalry were about to explode with anger.
"Seize them!" Yang Dingtian gave the order.
Immediately, dozens of warriors from the Inferno Island stepped forward and captured all of the messengers.
The emissary of the Black Blood Island was shocked and angry. He said coldly, "Don't you want to live?
How dare you be so rude to us? Aren't you afraid that our Young Master Yang Dingtian will tear you into pieces? "
"Open your mouth," Yang Dingtian said sternly.
Suddenly, the brothers of the Black Blood Cavalry couldn't hold it in any longer. They took out an iron ruler and fiercely swung it at the arrogant messenger.
"Ah … Ah …" Instantly, a wave of tragic wailing and howling could be heard.
In just a moment, all of the emissary's teeth flew out. His entire head swelled up like a pig's head, and his cheeks were completely mangled.
The other messengers were trembling and almost wetting their pants. They knelt before Yang Dingtian and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
"Behead him as a sacrifice!" Yang Dingtian ordered.
Immediately, the messengers, as well as Qin Hongmian, who had been captured earlier, were pushed to their knees on the ground.
The few of them were horrified. Other than Qin Hongmian, who couldn't make a sound, the others screamed and peed in their pants.
"How dare you?
My Young Master will tear all of you men into pieces and make your family members suffer a fate worse than death … "
"Kill!" Yang Dingtian ordered.
Immediately, the blade light flew out and blood spurted out. A few heads flew out.
"Board the ships!"
With this order, more than a hundred brothers of the Black Blood Cavalry and more than three hundred warriors of the Inferno Island boarded the dozens of ships.
Even Ling Zhong, who had just recovered, insisted on boarding the ships.
Yang Dingtian boarded the largest flagship.
The dozens of ships carried hundreds of secret weapons and dozens of large wooden machines. They majestically charged towards the Black Blood Island.
*****
The Black Blood Island Master, Qin Huaiju, who was impersonating Yang Dingtian, didn't wait for the great beauty Ling Wu. Instead, he waited for the dozens of warships of the Inferno Island.
Immediately, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, he laughed loudly and said, "Did I hear wrongly?
The people of the Inferno Island actually want to start a war with me?
They want to have a decisive battle with me with dozens of broken ships and hundreds of weaklings who haven't even held a weapon before. Moreover, they want to have a decisive battle on the sea? "
"Hahaha, haha …"
Immediately, everyone in the hall burst into laughter.
This was indeed the funniest joke they had ever heard.
Qin Huaiju suddenly stood up and said loudly, "Since you don't want to do this the hard way, all brothers, board the ships. After killing all of these weaklings, we will directly charge towards the Inferno Island. Kill them all, burn them all, and plunder them all!"
After he finished speaking, Qin Huaiju's sharp sword suddenly slashed at a beautiful woman beside him. He wanted to chop off her beautiful head and use it as a sacrifice.
… …
An hour later, more than a hundred pirate warships formed a formidable and neat formation and charged out of the Black Blood Island's dock with incomparable ferocity.
More than half an hour later, the two armies met. The distance between them was less than ten miles.
The difference between the battle array of both sides was like heaven and earth.
On the pirates' side, there were more than a hundred ships and thousands of pirate warriors.
On the Inferno Island's side, there were merely thirty ships and less than five hundred people.
On the pirates' side, their battle array was formidable and their ships were sturdy and sharp.
On the Inferno Island's side, their battle array was scattered. There were all kinds of ships and even fishing boats.
Seeing this, Qin Huaiju once again burst into laughter and said, "Crazy, the people of the Inferno Island have all gone crazy."
Then, he abruptly ordered, "Charge over there and kill everyone."
Immediately, more than a hundred pirate warships increased their speed and charged towards the dozens of ships of the Inferno Island with incomparable ferocity.
… …
The pirate ships were getting closer and closer, and so was Yue Lao.
One could even see their ferocious faces and their terrifying bows and arrows.
Other than the brothers of the Black Blood Cavalry, all the warriors on the Inferno Island began to tremble in fear.
In this battle, the disparity in strength between both sides was too great. No matter how one looked at it, the Inferno Island's side would definitely lose and die.
The pirate ships were getting closer and closer.
Five miles … …
Three miles … …
Two miles … …
The expressions on the pirates' faces became more and more ferocious and excited. Very soon, they would be able to start a massacre. As long as they got closer, the people on the Inferno Island's ships would be like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Even though they had already seen that each ship of the Inferno Island had a strange wooden frame that was about three to four meters tall, they didn't care about it at all.
Even if it was a giant crossbow, they wouldn't be afraid, let alone this kind of wooden frame. Wooden frames couldn't possibly be used to kill people.
When there were still 500 meters left.
Yang Dingtian suddenly shouted loudly.
"Release!"
Following Yang Dingtian's command, the wooden frames on the dozens of ships suddenly shot out, throwing out dozens of silk packages and oiled paper bundles. There was also a string of sparks burning continuously. Each bundle was about a dozen kilograms in weight.
Looking at the silk bundles that were getting closer and closer, the pirates immediately burst into laughter and said, "The people of the Inferno Island actually used cloth bundles to throw at us. I have never seen anything more fun than this, haha … …"
Immediately, all the pirates burst into laughter.
A portion of the dozens of silk bundles fell into the sea.
However, because the pirates' ships were too secretive, even though the trebuchets that Yang Dingtian made were only average, there were still dozens of them that fell into the middle of the ships.
"Boom … …"
"Boom … …"
"Boom … …"
Suddenly, these ten or so silk bags let out a loud noise, and then flames soared into the sky, followed by an earth-shattering explosion.
On the surface of the sea, there seemed to be countless loud thunderclaps.
Countless huge and terrifying flames were blooming.
Suddenly, everything in the dozens of meters around the flames was smashed into pieces.
Countless pirates were smashed into pieces. Blood spurted out and severed limbs flew everywhere.
More than a dozen ships were directly blown into pieces. Even the ships that were slightly further away from the explosion were suddenly overturned by the powerful waves.
All of a sudden, everyone was stunned!
Not only were the pirates stunned, but even the people of the Inferno Island were stunned. The brothers of the Black Blood Cavalry were also stunned. All of them looked at Yang Dingtian in disbelief.
Although they obeyed Yang Dingtian's order, it was because Yang Dingtian had done them a great favor.
In their hearts, they didn't dare to have too much hope for Yang Dingtian's secret weapon. After all, it was just a pile of soil and some wooden frames inside the silk bundles.
Never did they expect that these two seemingly unremarkable things would have such astonishing power.